PhD student shoot 4 people dead at Turkish university

Four people were killed and three others wounded in a shooting at the Osmangazi University in Turkey’s northwestern province of Eskisehir, on Thursday.

The gunman, a researcher at the university, shot dead the assistant dean, faculty secretary, lecturer, and a staff member from the education faculty of the university, rector of the university, Hasan Gonen told Turkish media. 

Reports say three others were wounded in the shooting.

Gonen said the assailant entered the university’s education faculty with a gun and shot the four university staff members.

Footage from the scene showed several police officers and medical staff in the area, while students and university staff were treated at ambulances.

Police had detained the gunman, report state-run Anadolu news agency.

The motive of the gunman was not immediately clear. Also, report say the gunman had surrendered rather than trying to escape.