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Three students and a teacher are killed in the south-central province of Kahramanmaras, according to its governor.
Published On 15 Apr 2026
A student has shot at least four people dead, including fellow pupils, and wounded at least 20 at a middle school in south-central Turkiye, according to its governor.
Governor Mukerrem Unluer told reporters three students and one teacher were killed in Wednesday’s attack in the province of Kahramanmaras, which he said was carried out by a student in the eighth grade.
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The shooting is the country’s second school attack in two days, coming after Tuesday’s shooting at a high school in Sanliurfa province in the southeast conducted by a former student who killed himself in a showdown with police after wounding 16 people.
Unluer said the student who carried out Wednesday’s shooting concealed his father’s guns in a backpack, entered two classrooms and opened fire “randomly”.
Footage released by the IHA private news agency on Wednesday showed a person being evacuated in an ambulance with body and face covered as well as tearful parents who had rushed to the school.
Witnesses quoted by media said intense gunfire was heard.
Police have increased security around the building, and television footage showed ambulances present in the area.
Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said prosecutors had launched an immediate investigation into the shooting.
School shootings are rare in Turkiye. In May 2024, a former student killed a private high school principal in Istanbul with a firearm five months after he was expelled.
This is a developing story. More to come …