A former student injured at least 16 people Tuesday after opening fire with a shotgun inside a high school in Turkey before turning the weapon on himself, officials said. 

The 18-year-old who targeted the vocational high school in Siverek, located in southeastern Turkey, took his own life with the shotgun after he was "cornered by police," Gov. Hasan Sildak said. 

Video taken at the scene showed students sprinting out of a building as law enforcement and first responders arrived. 

The attack left 10 students, four teachers, a school canteen employee and a police officer hurt, according to Sildak, who added that five of the teachers and students were transferred to a hospital in the provincial capital because their conditions were more serious.

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The motive for the shooting was unclear. The attacker did not have a criminal record, Sildak said.  

The school had been declared safe and no permanent police officer was assigned to protect it, he added, calling the shooting an "isolated incident." 

Sildak told NTV that the attacker started firing indiscriminately, beginning in the school yard before entering the building, Reuters reported.

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One student told the state-run Anadolu Agency that he and a friend jumped out of their classroom window to flee the gunman. 

"He suddenly entered the classroom and fired. He fired four or five times. Two people were hit. He then went into the next classroom," Anadolu quoted Omer Furkan Sayar as saying. "We first threw ourselves to the ground and then two of us jumped out of the window." 

"He didn't say anything, he entered and started to shoot directly," Sayar added.

"The individual was cornered inside the building through police intervention and died after shooting himself," Sildak told reporters, adding that a "comprehensive" investigation into the shooting would be carried out. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

The following is an exclusive excerpt from Rep. Elise Stefanik’s new book, "Poisoned Ivies: The Inside Account of the Academic and Moral Rot at America's Elite Universities."

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Demand for Holocaust memoirs is falling amid rising antisemitism and changing consumer patterns. A non-Jewish Dutch woman has made it her mission to keep survivors' voices on shelves

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A malnourished 9-year-old boy was found lying in the fetal position in his father’s utility van in eastern France this week after allegedly being locked in the vehicle two years ago.

The boy, who was unable to walk after sitting for so long, was discovered Monday after a neighbor heard the "sounds of a child" coming from the van, local prosecutor Nicolas Heitz said Saturday.

Officers in the village of Hagenbach, near the border with Switzerland and Germany, found the boy "lying in a fetal position, naked, covered by a blanket on top of a mound of trash and near excrement" after forcing the van open, Heitz said.

The boy told authorities he hadn’t showered since 2024.

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The boy’s father was charged with kidnapping. He claimed to police that he had locked his son in the van in November 2024 to "protect" him from his partner who wanted to send him to a psychiatric hospital, according to the prosecutor.

But the prosecutor said there was no medical record of the boy having psychiatric problems, and he had gotten good grades in school.

When the boy disappeared, his teachers were told he had transferred to another school.

The man’s partner, who denied knowing the boy was locked in the van, has also been charged, including for failure to help a minor in danger.

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The boys’ family and friends told police they believed the boy was in a psychiatric hospital.

The boy’s 12-year-old sister and the 10-year-old daughter of the man’s partner are under the care of social services.

The boy has been taken to a hospital.

He told authorities he thought his father had no choice but to lock him in the van and that he’d had "big difficulties" with his father’s partner.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The far-left California Teachers Association (CTA) pulled its endorsement of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) for California governor on Friday evening as the lawmaker faces emerging allegations of sexual assault and misconduct.

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Tennessee officials voted this week to censure a colleague who told a student “God, you’re hot” at a recent public school board meeting.

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A 26-year-old New Jersey chemistry teacher and coach has been charged with having sex with one of his teenage pupils.

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A public school in Nashville, Tennessee, is allowing Muslim students to leave class to pray in a space reserved especially for them during the school day. 

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The Iranian regime is charging some tankers $2 million to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in a bid to further its control over the global shipping choke point, according to reports.

Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi told state broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on Sunday that the massive toll marks the start of a new approach to controlling the waterway, Iran International reported.

"Collecting $2 million as transit fees from some vessels crossing the strait reflects Iran’s strength," Boroujerdi said during a television program cited by Iranian media.

The member of parliament’s national security committee also said the measure has already been implemented and reflects what he called a new "sovereign regime" in the strait after decades, the outlet said.

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"Now, because war has costs, naturally we must do this and take transit fees from ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz," he said.

Boroujerdi’s comments came after President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the United States could target Iran’s power infrastructure if the strait is not reopened within 48 hours.

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"If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 hours from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!" Trump said in a post shared on Truth Social.

The strait is "open to everyone" except Iran’s adversaries, Tehran’s permanent representative to the International Maritime Organization, Ali Mousavi, also told the Mehr News Agency on Sunday, while Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian also set out Iran’s policy on X.

"The Strait of Hormuz is open to all except those who violate our soil," he said.

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According to Lloyds List, Iran has set up a de facto ‘safe’ shipping passage in the Strait of Hormuz and is offering vetted tankers passage in exchange for approval — and in "at least one case, a reported $2m payment," it said.

Several governments, including China, India, Pakistan, Malaysia and Iraq are in talks with Tehran over ship transit, as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard sets up a new system to register "approved" vessels for safe passage, the outlet reported.

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Maritime intelligence firm Windward AI reported Sunday that Strait of Hormuz traffic was "near collapse", with only "16 AIS-visible crossings recorded over the past seven days."

Transit is controlled increasingly stringently, with vessels rerouting via Iran's territorial waters, the firm said, noting that Gulf energy exports continue to decline, with crude and LPG flows at recent lows.

"Iranian exports remain active, supported by alternative routing and sustained on-water volumes," Windward said.

The strait normally handles about 20 million barrels of oil per day and roughly 20% of global liquefied natural gas trade. The closure has driven up shipping and insurance costs, pushed oil prices higher, and raised global economic concerns.

Russian crude volumes remain elevated, reinforcing continued reliance on maritime energy transport, Windward said.

A devastated father in Iceland says he was stripped of his parental rights after speaking out against his 11-year-old autistic son's sex change — a case that has drawn international attention, including from billionaire Elon Musk — as he accuses the courts of prioritizing progressive ideology over a parent’s right to protect their child.

Alexandre Rocha, a French national who has lived in Iceland for 25 years, lost custody to the child’s mother in December and told Fox News Digital he believes the judge ruled against him because he questioned the long-term impacts of puberty blockers and hormone therapies.

"It should be a crime," Rocha said of the medical interventions. "You are molesting kids, castrating a boy, like in the case of my kid. This shouldn’t happen. This is an ideology that has no place for kids."

He argued that his then-10-year-old — whose worldview is shaped by video games like Minecraft and Roblox — could not comprehend the permanent consequences of sex reassignment.

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"Naturally, every kid [after a separation and autism diagnosis] will have a mental challenge," Rocha said. "The transition is a happy place. They do feel validated, they like the attention… To me, the concern is the long-term. Will they still be happy in four years from now, or six years, from having blockers and having more hormones? Is it really fixing what is underlying — the mental challenge or difficulty, whatever they're going through?"

Despite his child being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder just eight months ago, Rocha said the court and medical professionals "slightly passed over" the diagnosis during the trial. 

He noted that children on the autism spectrum often struggle with feeling "right in their skin" or "wanting to be something else," adding that his child sometimes prefers to be a cat — wearing a tail or cat ears.

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However, when he raised those concerns in court, Rocha said an Icelandic endocrinologist "totally dismissed" him under oath, guaranteeing the hormone drugs posed "no problem" and refusing to examine underlying mental health factors. 

Now cut out of the medical decision-making process, Rocha said he fears what treatment his son may be receiving without his knowledge.

"It could very well be that he is being treated with hormones and I don’t know anything about it," he said.

Rocha added that the child’s mother is pushing a "stronger ideology than ever," saying he had to use advanced artificial intelligence (AI) program ChatGPT to understand terms like "deadname," which refers to a person’s birth name before a sex change.

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"I can’t support this kind of speech. This, to me, is diabolical. It’s beyond love," he said. "When you talk about a kid, you can’t talk about death. It just doesn’t make sense to me."

Rocha said he was notified in February that the child’s mother formally changed his son’s name to a female name, "meaning his ID will now clearly state he is a girl."

The father said he believes the court's ruling was not about his child’s welfare, but rather a coordinated effort to silence dissent.

"It is to control parents. It is to control me," he said. "It is to silence me. It is to give all power to this ideology."

Rocha’s story has garnered international attention and recently caught Musk’s eye. 

The Tesla CEO has been outspoken about transgender issues after revealing his son, Xavier, transitioned to a female and now goes by the name Vivian Jenna Wilson.

Musk said he was "essentially tricked" into giving consent for Wilson to go on puberty blockers, before he had "any understanding of what was going on."

In response to a post about Rocha's story on popular X account @libsoftiktok, Musk said, "The woke mind virus even affects Iceland."

Rocha said he was "very surprised and honored" that Musk shared his story.

"I think we have a common fight going on," he said. "Because at the end of the day, we’re all parents, no matter the borders or nationalities."

Musk did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

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Beyond politics, Rocha said he misses everyday moments with his son, who he said he hasn't seen since January.

"I miss story time at night and cooking together," he said, noting how much he enjoyed sharing 1990s Steven Spielberg movies like "Jurassic Park" with his son. 

Rocha recently requested daily fines against the child's mother for obstructing his court-ordered visitation rights. 

The mother denied intentionally blocking the visits, claiming the child refuses to attend because Rocha rejects his transgender identity and does not use his new name, according to court documents.

Rocha provided a witness affidavit alleging their last visitation went smoothly and that the child appeared happy and secure in his presence.

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He recalled a recent visit where his son said he "missed it, to be with grandma and my sister."

"When you don’t know what’s happening on the other side, as a parent, you get really worried," Rocha said. "We are slowly drifting apart, and that’s a very sad outcome of this."

Despite pressure to stay quiet, Rocha urged other parents to trust their "instincts," speak up and seek professional guidance.

"I’m here for my kid and for his future," he said. "That’s the only thing I care about. I am campaigning for him, for his future."

The child's mother could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment. 

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