A large-scale operation is underway by Turkish authorities to capture a gunman who allegedly killed eight people and seriously injured another in the Ihsaniye district of Afyonkarahisar province in Turkey.
Among the victims are two teachers, while preliminary information suggests that the suspected perpetrator was randomly stopping vehicles on the road and opening fire on their passengers.
The incident was discovered after security forces found the bodies of five people inside two different vehicles, in the areas of the villages of Ayazini and Kıyır.
Further investigations revealed that the suspect, after leaving the initial attack sites, had headed to another area, where he shot and killed two more people with a shotgun.
The Afyonkarahisar Prefecture officially confirmed that the toll from the armed attacks is eight people killed and one seriously injured.
Turkish authorities are continuing investigations to clarify the circumstances of the attacks and the movements of the suspect, while procedures are also ongoing to identify all victims.
