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Nine people were killed and 13 others injured after a middle school student opened fire at a school in Turkey’s southeastern province of Kahramanmaras on Wednesday. The attacker allegedly used his father’s weapon, which was concealed in a backpack, to carry out the shooting.

In a press conference, Turkey's Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said that six of the injured are in critical condition and described the attack as a “personal” incident. According to Reuters, the latest attack took place at Ayser Calık Secondary School in Kahramanmars. The shooter also died following the incident.

Teen Attacker Came With 5 Guns

Governor Mukerrem Unluer confirmed the attack, stating a teacher was among those killed. He added that the attacker shot himself but it was not immediately clear whether this was suicide or happened amid the chaos. “An eighth-grade student came with five weapons and seven magazines- which we believe belonged to his father, a former police officer-in his bag. He entered two classrooms with fifth-grade students and caused deaths and injuries indiscriminately,” Unluer said.

 

Second Attack In Two Days

The incident comes a day after 16 people were injured in a school shooting in Turkey's Sanliurfa’s Siverek district. Governor Hasan Sildak stated that the teenager then died by suicide by shooting himself with the gun. He revealed that the attacker, born in 2007, was a former student at the school. According to eyewitnesses, the attacker entered the high school yard and started firing at people randomly.

Later, in a statement, the Turkish interior ministry confirmed that a total of 10 students, four teachers, one police officer and one canteen operator were injured in the incident.



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