Knife attack at a school in Turkey, 7 students injured, 15-year-old arrested

Seven schoolgirls were injured, three of them seriously, in a knife attack at a high school in Istanbul’s Başakşehir district. Police have arrested a 15-year-old student suspected of carrying out the attack.

The incident happened this morning at the Sheikh Shamil Imam Hatip high school. The suspected perpetrator attends a different school.

“At around 08:35, seven schoolgirls were injured in a knife attack carried out by F.M., a 10th-grade student at the Küçükçekmece Fahrettin Kerim Güçükay high school, at the Şehir Şamil İmam Hatip high school in the Kayaşehir district,” the district governor said.

Three of the injured in serious condition

The injured were taken to hospital, while the Istanbul prefecture announced the launch of an investigation, giving, however, a different account and description of the incident from that of the prefect.

“On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at around 08:40, a fight broke out between students at a high school in the Başakşehir district, resulting in the injury of five students.”

“After the incident, the injured were taken to hospital by the medical teams dispatched to the area and are receiving treatment,” the statement added.