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Sacked state employee shoots six dead at Turkish Statistical Institute Sacked state employee shoots six dead at Turkish Statistical Institute
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A former state employee has shot dead six people at the Turkish Stastical Institute, TurkStat, in the eastern province of Kars before killing himself, state broadcaster TRT Haber reports. A former state employee has shot dead six people at the Turkish Statistical Institute, TurkStat, in the eastern province of Kars before killing himself, state broadcaster TRT Haber reports.
Kars governor Eyup Tepe said the attacker had carried out the shooting after being dismissed from his job at TurkStat, known in Turkey as TÜİK. Kars governor Eyup Tepe said the attacker had carried out the shooting after being dismissed from his job at TurkStat, known in Turkey as Tüik.
"The incident was not a terrorist attack," the Hurriyet daily website quoted Tepe as saying. "The attacker's name was Veysi Erin. He worked as a psychologist at TÜİK." A TÜİK official confirmed that seven people had died and one person had been slightly wounded, but provided no further details. "The incident was not a terrorist attack," the Hürriyet daily website quoted Tepe as saying. "The attacker's name was Veysi Erin. He worked as a psychologist at Tüik." A Tüik official confirmed that seven people had died and one person had been slightly wounded, but provided no further details.
TÜİK's local manager was among those killed in the attack, Hurriyet said on its website. Tüik's local manager was among those killed in the attack, Hürriyet said on its website.
Political tensions are high in Turkey this month ahead of local elections on 30 March and amid a corruption scandal dogging prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government. Political tensions are high in Turkey this month ahead of local elections on 30 March and amid a corruption scandal dogging prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government.