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Posted on April 15, 2026
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A tragic school shooting occurred on April 15, 2026, in Kahramanmaraş’s southeastern province: a middle school student used his father’s concealed weapons to fatally shoot four people—including a teacher—injure 20 others, and then died himself, according to Governor Mükerrem Ünüer.
ANKARA, April 15 (Reuters) - Four people were killed and 20 others were wounded when a middle school student opened fire at a school in the Turkey's southeastern province of Kahramanmaras on Wednesday, Governor Mukerrem Unluer told reporters.
Unluer said a teacher was among those killed, and added the shooter was a student who used his father's weapons, concealed in a backpack, to carry out the attack. The shooter also died, he added.
(Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ezgi Erkoyun)
The school shooting occurred in the southeastern province of Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
Four people were killed and 20 others were wounded in the attack.
The shooter was a middle school student who used his father's weapons concealed in a backpack.
Yes, the shooter also died in the attack.
Yes, at least one teacher was reported to be among the people killed.
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