Turkey man kills seven before taking his own life

A 33-year-old Turkish man shot dead seven people in Istanbul on Sunday, including his parents, his wife and his 10-year-old son, before taking his own life, the authorities reported on Monday.

The man, who was found dead in his car shortly after the shooting, is also accused of wounding two other family members, one of them seriously, the Istanbul governor's office said in a statement.

The authorities, who had put the death toll at four on Sunday evening, announced on Monday the discovery near a lake on Istanbul's European shore of the bodies of the killer's wife and son, as well as the lifeless body of his mother-in-law.

According to the Small Arms Survey (SAS), a Swiss research programme, over 13.2 million firearms are in circulation in Turkey, most of them illegally, for a population of around 85 million.