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The number of victims is growing: At least eight children and a teacher killed VIDEO

The evacuation of children is underway.
Earlier, it was announced that unknown persons opened fire near the educational institution, and later an explosion was heard.
It is stated that a teenager is being suspected of the shooting and that he was detained.
32 people were injured, of which 12 children and one adult were taken to hospital.

Industrial production up for 11th month in row

Industrial production in Turkey improved by 0.7% month-on-month in March and 16.6% annually, the country's official statistical department said on May 11. 

The index has been posting monthly increases since May 2020 and rising annually since June 2020, according to data by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK)

Turkey's current account posts $3.33 bln gap in March

Turkey's current account balance posted a deficit of some $3.33 billion in March, decreasing by $2.12 billion from the same month last year, the Turkish Central Bank announced on May 11. 

According to the balance of payments figures released by the bank, the country's 12-month rolling deficit totaled almost $36.2 billion.

Balkan Muslims Find Second Pandemic Ramadan a Challenge

Mass prayers, iftar dinners - breaking the daily fast - and family and neighbourhood gatherings are essential parts of Ramadan, besides other events such as concerts, fairs and conferences.

Finally, in Eid al-Fitr, known also in the Balkans as Ramazan Bajram, believers come together to celebrate the end of the holy month.

In Urging Talks on Bosnia’s Future, Dodik Plays Old Election Card

Behind a Bosnian Serb call for talks on the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina lurks the latest threat of secession by the country's Republika Srpska entity, but analysts question whether Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik is playing to anyone but his domestic voters.

NASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubble

With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on May 10, leaving the ancient space rock in its rearview mirror.

The trip home for the robotic prospector, Osiris-Rex, will take two years.

China posts slowest population growth in decades

China's population has grown at its slowest pace in decades, reaching 1.41 billion, census results showed on May 11, highlighting fears of a looming crisis over an ageing society.

The growth of 5.4 percent was the slowest since the 1960s, due in part to falling birthrates and a sharp drop in the number of working-age people.

US ship fires warning shots in encounter with Iranian boats

A group of 13 armed speedboats of Iran's Revolutionary Guard made "unsafe and unprofessional" high-speed maneuvers toward U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on May 10, and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired warning shots when two of the Iranian boats came dangerously close, U.S. officials said.

Azerbaijan-Turkey Brotherhood Park opens

The Azerbaijan-Turkey Brotherhood Park opened on May 10 in the city of Guba in Azerbaijan's northeastern Quba district.

The park's opening ceremony was attended by Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Cahit Bağcı, Ziyaddin Aliyev, the head of the Guba executive authority, and lawmakers Ahliman Amiraslanov and Ganira Pashayeva.

COVID-19 in Bulgaria: 1,078 new cases

The newly confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria over the past 24 hours are 1,078 from 16,392 tests, the daily report on the Unified Information Portal shows on May 11.

415 were confirmed from PCR and 663 from antigen tests.

The total lab-confirmed positive cases in the country since the start of the epidemic are 411,280.

The active cases are 42,838.

Turkish soldier killed, 4 others wounded in northern Syria

A Turkish soldier was killed and four others wounded in an attack on a supply convoy in northern Syria, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said early on May 11. 

"In the Operation Spring Shield zone, one of our hero fellow soldiers was martyred and four of our heroic fellow soldiers were injured in the rocket attack on our supply convoy on May 10, 2021," the ministry said on Twitter.

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