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| Second school shooting in two days leaves four dead and 20 wounded with students jumping from windows to flee gunman in Turkey |
| 2026-04-15 |
| [DM] A teen armed with five guns killed at least nine people and wounded at least 13 more at a Turkish school on Wednesday, the second such attack in as many days. The armed attack, carried out by a 14-year-old pupil, took place at the Ayser Calık Secondary School in Kahramanmaras. It follows an attack on Tuesday which saw a 17-year-old gunman storm a school in Turkey's Siverek district and injure 16 people with gunfire before turning the weapon on himself. Harrowing images from Kahramanmaras captured pupils and teachers fleeing the school building, with people even seen frantically jumping from open windows. Eyewitnesses told local media that parents also rushed to the school, where they were seen embracing their children before running in panic. Some also said that intense gunfire was heard during the incident. Kahramanmaras Governor Mukerrem Unluer confirmed in a statement that nine people had lost their lives during the attack, including a teacher and eight students. Speaking to reporters at the scene earlier, the governor said the attacker was an eighth-grade boy who had brought weapons into the school before carrying out the shooting and dying at the scene. 'The 8th-grade student who caused the incident is one of our students, and his father is a former police officer. We suspect he took his weapons,' Unluer said. 'He came with five guns and seven magazines and entered two classrooms. 'He also passed away. He shot himself during the commotion. Whether it was suicide or if he shot himself during the commotion is currently unknown.' No other details were immediately available, and local authorities have stated that the attacker's identity has not yet been determined. Following the initial reports of the shooting, emergency medical teams and ambulances were immediately dispatched to the scene. It comes just a day after a 17-year-old gunman stormed a school in Turkey's Siverek district, leaving 16 people injured. The attacker then took his own life with his shotgun when police attempted to apprehend him at the scene. Governor Hasan Sildak said the shooter was a former student of the school and entered the school grounds before he began firing randomly. The assailant had attended the school for one year in the ninth grade, the governor added. He also confirmed that the attacker had no prior criminal record and that the school had previously been classified as safe by police. An official statement issued by the Turkish interior ministry said that a total of 10 students, four teachers, one police officer and one canteen operator were injured in the attack. |
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