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Latest news Attacker shoots at least two people dead in southern Turkey

SDA

18.5.2026 - 19:24

ARCHIVE - A Turkish flag flies in the wind against a blue sky, while a second flag hangs wound up next to it. Photo: Anna Ross/dpa/symbol
ARCHIVE - A Turkish flag flies in the wind against a blue sky, while a second flag hangs wound up next to it. Photo: Anna Ross/dpa/symbol
Keystone

An attacker has killed at least two people and injured several others in a restaurant in the southern Turkish province of Mersin. According to the state news agency Anadolu, the unidentified man shot indiscriminately and then fled. The background was initially unclear.

Keystone-SDA

18.05.2026, 19:24

18.05.2026, 19:25

The newspaper "Cumhuriyet" reported a total of four dead and eight injured. The attacker had shot the owner of the restaurant and an employee, and had also killed two other people during his escape. The police are working to catch the perpetrator. No official statement was initially available.

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