Turkish mayor: man opens fire in municipal office

A mayor says an angry armed employee has opened fire in the municipal office in southern Turkey, killing one person and wounding three others.

Faruk Pinarbasi, mayor of the town of Birecik in Sanliurfa province, says the worker was recently assigned to a different department in charge of cleaning. He had previously worked for a department responsible for gardening.

Pinarbasi says he repelled the attacker by drawing his own gun and managed to escape from the building.

He says paramilitary police detained the shooter. CNN-Turk television says police prevented people from trying to lynch the man.

Pinarbasi was elected as mayor in March from a pro-Islamic party. The worker was previously employed by a pro-Kurdish party.