At least nine people killed in Turkiye’s second school shooting in two days

Eight students and a teacher are killed successful the south-central state of ​Kahramanmaras, interior curate says.

⁠A pupil ⁠has changeable astatine slightest 9 radical dead, including chap pupils, and wounded astatine slightest ⁠13 astatine a mediate schoolhouse successful south-central Turkiye, the interior curate says.

Wednesday’s onslaught successful the ‌province of Kahramanmaras was carried retired by a pupil successful the eighth grade, Governor Mukerrem Unluer told reporters. The attacker was besides dead.

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“We regret to study 9 deaths … and 13 wounded. Six of them are presently successful intensive care, 3 of whom are successful captious condition,” Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said.

Unluer said the pupil who carried retired the shooting is believed to person utilized guns that belonged to his father, a erstwhile constabulary officer. The pupil concealed the weapons successful a backpack, entered 2 classrooms and opened occurrence “randomly”, Unluer said.

The shooting is the country’s 2nd schoolhouse onslaught successful 2 days, coming aft Tuesday’s shooting astatine a precocious schoolhouse successful Sanliurfa state successful the southeast. It was conducted by a erstwhile pupil who killed himself successful a showdown with constabulary aft wounding 16 people.

Intense gunfire

Footage released astatine the country of Wednesday’s shooting by the IHA backstage quality bureau showed a idiosyncratic being evacuated successful an ambulance with assemblage and look covered arsenic good arsenic tearful parents who had rushed to the school.

Witnesses quoted by the media said aggravated gunfire was heard.

Police person accrued information astir the gathering and tv footage showed ambulances contiguous successful the area.

Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said prosecutors had launched an probe into the shooting.

Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu, reporting from Istanbul, said the nationalist has “many questions” aft the caller attacks. “How did this young lad entree his father’s guns? Are [authorities] going to amended weapon power adjacent though it’s already strict?” she asked. “Details stay to beryllium assessed.”

School ⁠shootings are uncommon successful Turkiye. In May 2024, a erstwhile pupil killed a backstage precocious schoolhouse main successful Istanbul with a firearm 5 months aft helium was expelled.

Turkiye’s stringent weapon laws necessitate licensing, registration, and intelligence and transgression inheritance checks. They besides acceptable retired terrible penalties for amerciable possession.