One student was killed and seven others were injured after a teenage girl allegedly stabbed eight pupils at a school in Istanbul on Tuesday morning, according to Turkey’s Interior Ministry. The attack took place at a middle school in the city’s northwestern Basaksehir district at around 8:40 am local time, or 5:40 am GMT. Authorities said eight girls were injured in the incident, with one later dying from her injuries despite efforts by medical teams to save her. The seven other students remained under treatment following the attack. The incident triggered a police response at the school and an emergency medical operation as authorities worked to assist the wounded students and secure the area. The circumstances surrounding the attack were being investigated, while officials provided initial information about the suspect and the condition of the victims.

The Interior Ministry confirmed that one of the injured students had died while receiving medical treatment. In a statement posted on X, the ministry said that one of the students receiving treatment had died despite all medical efforts to save her and that treatment was continuing for the seven other wounded students. The statement did not immediately provide further details about the identity of the student who died or the nature of the injuries suffered by the other victims. The death changed the toll from eight wounded students to one fatality and seven injured pupils. Emergency medical teams had been treating the victims following the morning attack, with the condition of several students considered serious in the initial assessment released by health officials.

Police detained the suspected attacker following the incident. Officials described the suspect as a 15-year-old 10th-grade student who attends another school. The suspect was reportedly wearing a school uniform at the time of the attack, according to Istanbul Governor Davut Gul. The governor said the attacker had stabbed the students at random, providing an initial account of how the incident unfolded. Authorities did not immediately disclose a possible motive or explain why the teenager allegedly targeted the school. Police were expected to question the detained suspect as part of their investigation into the attack, including the events leading up to the stabbing and whether there had been any prior connection between the suspect and the victims.

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Health Minister Kemal Memisoglu had earlier provided information about the condition of the injured students as they were being treated. He said that among the eight wounded pupils, one was in critical condition while two others were in moderate-to-serious condition. The medical update came before the Interior Ministry announced that one of the students had died despite treatment. The latest information therefore left seven students receiving medical care, with authorities continuing to monitor their conditions. Officials did not immediately release a detailed medical breakdown for the remaining patients after the death was confirmed. The incident nevertheless placed significant attention on the response of emergency services and hospitals treating the young victims after the attack at the school.

The victims were pupils at a middle school in Basaksehir, while the suspected attacker was a student at a different school. Middle school students in Turkey are typically between 10 and 14 years old, meaning the victims were children or young teenagers. The suspect, identified as a 15-year-old 10th-grade student, was slightly older and was not enrolled at the school where the stabbing occurred. Authorities have not indicated whether the suspect had any established relationship with the pupils or the school. Governor Gul’s description of the attack as random was among the few details officials provided about how the victims were selected. Investigators were continuing to establish the sequence of events inside and around the school before determining the circumstances and possible motive behind the attack.

The stabbing has left one student dead and seven others injured, while the detained teenager remains at the centre of the police investigation. Authorities have not yet announced further details about possible charges, the suspect’s motives or the circumstances that led the teenager to enter the school. Officials are expected to continue examining the incident and gathering statements as part of the investigation. The Interior Ministry’s confirmation of the death and the health minister’s earlier assessment of the wounded students provided the main details available about the casualties. As medical treatment continues for the seven injured pupils, investigators are expected to establish a fuller account of the attack, including what happened shortly before the stabbing and whether any factors may have contributed to the incident.

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