Türkiye rocked by second school shooting in two days

A gunman has opened fire at a secondary school in the city of Kahramanmaras in south-eastern Türkiye, a local governor has said. It is the second such incident in the country in as many days. An attack on an educational institution in Siverek on Tuesday left 17 wounded.

The second school shooting, which took place in the Onikisubat (12 February) District of Kahramanmaras, resulted in deaths and injuries, Governor Mukerrem Unluer said on Wednesday.

He didn’t name the exact figures, but media reports spoke of at least four people being killed and 20 others wounded.

Unluer said later that according to preliminary data, the attacker was an eighth grade student from the same school. He could have obtained the firearms from his father, who is a former police officer, he said.

According to CNN Turk, the assailant had five pistols on him. He committed suicide after carrying out the shooting.

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