A gunman stormed into a meeting at Turkey's highest administrative court on Wednesday and opened fire, wounding five judges, the Ankara governor's office said. According to the AP, the attacker, a lawyer who was detained, reportedly chanted "God is Great!" as he started to fire.
The governor's office said two of the five judges who were injured were in critical condition.
One of the wounded judges, Mustafa Birden, had been criticized for a February decision barring the promotion of a teacher who wore an Islamic-style head scarf outside of work. Birden was critically wounded in the stomach and was being operated on, TGRT television said. Another judge, who was hit in the neck, was also undergoing surgery.
