politics
April 16, 2026
School shooting in Turkey: Student kills eight students and a teacher
Eight students and a teacher were killed, and 20 others were wounded in a shooting at a high school in the southern Turkish city of Karamanmaraş, officials said.
TL;DR
- A 14-year-old student fatally shot eight students and a teacher at a school in Karamanmaraş, Turkey.
- The student, who used firearms belonging to his father, then died by suicide.
- Twenty other individuals were injured in the attack, with some already released from the hospital.
- This is the second school shooting in Turkey within 48 hours, with a similar incident occurring the previous day.
- The attacker's father and mother have been arrested.
- Authorities are investigating nearly 600 social media accounts for posts related to the school shootings.
- A Telegram group with approximately 100,000 members, sharing images from the Karamanmaraş attack, has been shut down.
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