An attacker armed with a shotgun killed eight people in three separate locations in western Turkey on Thursday before being apprehended, officials and news reports said. One other person was wounded in the shooting spree.
The motive for the attack in Afyonkarahisar province was not immediately known.
The state-run Anadolu Agency reported that three victims were found in the village of Ayazini, and three others were killed in the nearby village of Kiyir. Two women who were wounded in an attack in the village of Yukaritandir later died in the hospital, according to the report.
Police launched a search for the assailant, who was subsequently caught in the neighboring province of Eskisehir, a statement from the governor's office confirmed.