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A 14-year-old boy is dormant aft allegedly sidesplitting astatine slightest 9 group and wounding 13 much astatine a Turkish mediate schoolhouse Wednesday, according to media and charismatic reports.
The boy reportedly carried retired nan convulsive attack, nan second of its kind successful arsenic galore days successful Turkey, pinch guns belonging to his father, a erstwhile constabulary officer, according to location politician Mukerrem Unluer.
"A student came to schoolhouse pinch guns that we judge belonged to his begetter successful his backpack. He entered 2 classrooms and opened occurrence randomly, causing injuries and deaths," Unluer told reporters astatine nan scene, per aggregate media reports.
Eight of nan deaths were students, while nan different was of a teacher, Turkey's Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci told reporters, per Reuters.
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Paramedics supply aesculapian assistance to an injured student aft a deadly schoolhouse shooting successful Kahramanmaras, Turkey, connected April 15, 2026. (Ihlas News Agency/Reuters)
Ciftci was besides adamant that this was a "sole incident" and not a panic attack.
The shooting took spot astatine Ayser Çalık Middle School successful Turkey's Kahramanmaras region, astir 140 miles westbound of nan precocious schoolhouse wherever different student killed himself aft injuring 16 others successful a shooting 1 time earlier.
Shooting deaths are uncommon successful Turkey, pinch conscionable complete 2.6 per 100,000 residents each year, compared to nan U.S.'s 14.5. Applicants must beryllium astatine slightest 21 years aged and spell done a rigorous aesculapian clearance and inheritance cheque process.
Firearm acquisition is, however, considerably much expedient for professionals pinch definite careers, specified arsenic law enforcement.
People hold successful beforehand of nan schoolhouse building aft a deadly shooting, successful nan southeastern state of Kahramanmaras, Turkey, April 15, 2026. (Reuters/IHA (Ihlas News Agency))
Despite nan difficulties, Turkey has now been rocked by 2 wide shootings successful 2 days. In response, nan authorities has urged citizens not to dispersed misinformation and to protect nan peace.
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An injured personification is carried to an ambulance pursuing a schoolhouse shooting successful Kahramanmaras, Turkey, connected April 15, 2026. (IHA/Ihlas News Agency via Reuters)
"Managing nan process pinch sound judgment, protecting societal peace, and peculiarly ensuring nan psychological information of our children are of utmost importance," nan country's Ministry of Communications besides posted connected X.
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"It is basal for our media organizations to enactment pinch nan utmost consciousness of work successful their broadcasting policies," nan station continued, adding that "such incidents create a highly fertile crushed for disinformation."
Four main inspectors and 4 inspector generals person been assigned to an investigation into nan incident, nan Turkish Ministry of nan Interior wrote connected X.
