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The 21-year-old attacker opened fire on the three students – two males and a female – near a school close to the Güzelyalı Train Station in the main city’s Pendik district on Friday.
The assailant, who has been detained, was named as Mustafa Y.
After carrying out the attack, Mustafa entered the school where he reportedly wanted to commit suicide by cutting his wrist, but was persuaded by authorities to surrender.
The 17-year-old student who lost her life was named Helin P.
The two male students wounded in the attack were taken to hospital for treatment.
Security is tight in Turkey which is on high alert after being hit by multiple terror attacks in past years, and has made thousands of terror-related arrests.
On New Year’s Eve, a Daesh gunman wearing a Santa Claus costume stormed a fancy nightclub in Istanbul, shooting 39 people dead.