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Eight dead in mass shooting in rural west Turkiye: officials

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Eight people were killed and one person critically injured in mass shootings across three villages near the town of Afyonkarahisar in west-central Turkiye on Thursday, November 5, 2026. The gunman remains at large after fleeing from a vehicle stuck in mud near Eskisehir to the north. Police are investigating potential connections to an earlier shooting incident involving a wounded woman in Afyonkarahisar.
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A manhunt is underway in western Turkey after eight people were killed and one seriously injured in a series of shootings across three villages near Afyonkarahisar, halfway between Ankara and Izmir. The attacks occurred on Thursday, November 5, 2026. CCTV footage showed the suspect as a man in a black jacket, white trousers, and glasses carrying what appeared to be a rifle by a red minivan. Police found the van abandoned with its wheels stuck in mud outside Eskisehir, about 100 kilometers north of Afyonkarahisar. Local media reported that two teachers were among the victims. The injured survivor was hospitalized but remains in critical condition, according to local news reports.

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📰 Manhunt After Mass Shooting in Turkey
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Afyonkarahisar Ankara Izmir Turkiye Yukaritandir village

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Afyonkarahisar GPE · 3× Anadolu GPE · 1× Ankara GPE · 1× Ayazini village GPE · 1× Eskisehir GPE · 1× Izmir GPE · 1× Kiyir village GPE · 1× Turkish NORP · 1× Turkiye GPE · 1× Yukaritandir village GPE · 1×

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Police later found the red vehicle stuck in the mud on the outskirts of the university town of Eskisehir, which lies about 100 kilometres (60 miles) to the north, the suspect having fled on foot, the private NTV channel said.
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2026-11-05 · The Hindu
Eight dead in mass shooting in rural west Turkiye: officials · assertive framing

Claims (9 extracted, 0 hedged)

Eight people were shot dead in three villages in west-central Turkiye on Thursday (November 5, 2026), local officials said, as police pressed a major manhunt to find the gunman. asserted
police → shoot → gunman
“Unfortunately, eight of our citizens have lost their lives, and one has been seriously injured in armed attacks in our province,” the Afyonkarahisar governor’s office said. asserted
office → lose → province
The shooting struck in a rural area near Afyonkarahisar, a town halfway between the capital Ankara and the coastal city of Izmir. asserted
shooting → strike → Izmir
Two women with gunshot wounds were found on a road in Yukaritandir village, and despite being rushed to the hospital, both died, Anadolu state news agency said. asserted
agency → find → hospital
Three more bodies were found in Kiyir village, which lies a half-hour drive to the northeast, and another three in Ayazini village, a further half-hour drive east, it said. asserted
it → find → village
Another person found in critical condition was fighting for their life in hospital, it said, without saying where they had been injured. asserted
they → find → hospital
Grainy CCTV footage published by Turkish media showed a man in a black jacket, white trousers and glasses clutching a rifle as he stood by a faded red minivan. asserted
he → publish → minivan
Police later found the red vehicle stuck in the mud on the outskirts of the university town of Eskisehir, which lies about 100 kilometres (60 miles) to the north, the suspect having fled on foot, the private NTV channel said. asserted
channel → find → foot
DHA news agency said investigators were looking to see if there was any connection with an earlier incident in the centre of Afyonkarahisar in which a woman in a car was shot and seriously injured by a gunman. asserted
woman → say → gunman
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