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4 killed, 20 wounded in 2nd school shooting in Turkey 

4 killed, 20 wounded in 2nd school shooting in Turkey 

Apr 15, 2026
05:14 pm

What's the story

At least four ​people have been killed and 20 people ​wounded in ​a shooting at a ⁠middle school ​in the ​southern Turkish province of Kahramanmaras. According to Türkiye Today, Kahramanmaras Governor Mukerrem Unluer said the deceased include three teachers and the suspected shooter. This marks the second such attack in ​Turkey in two days.

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16 injured in different school shooting 

This incident comes just a day after a teenage attacker opened fire inside a vocational high school in Siverek, in Sanliurfa province, injuring 16 people before taking his own life with the same shotgun. The governor said the attacker, a former student, "randomly opened fire in the corridor with a pump-action shotgun." Officials also noted that the suspect did not have a criminal record.

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