Turkey rocked by two mass school shootings in two days, at least four dead

Two consecutive school shootings in Turkey leave four dead and dozens wounded, raising urgent questions about gun access and copycat violence. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Turkey rocked by two mass school shootings in two days, at least four dead

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Turkey is reeling from two devastating school shootings within 48 hours, leaving at least four people dead and dozens wounded in a rare and shocking outbreak of gun violence on educational grounds. The second and deadlier attack occurred on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, when an eighth-grade student opened fire at Ayser Calik Middle School in the eastern city of Kahramanmaras. Governor Mukerrem Unluer confirmed the assailant killed three students and one teacher before taking his own life. The attacker, who brought five guns and seven magazines to the school, fired intermittently into two classrooms, wounding 20 other students, four of whom required serious surgery. Initial investigations point to a disturbing failure of firearm security. Governor Unluer stated the weapons likely belonged to the shooter's father, identified as a former senior police officer. The scale of the arsenal brought to the school and the perpetrator's age have ignited immediate debate over gun storage laws and access within law enforcement families. In response, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek assigned seven prosecutors to the case and imposed a media broadcast ban to protect the investigation. The national government dispatched the ministers of education, interior, and health to the province, signaling the severity of the crisis. The Kahramanmaras tragedy followed an attack just one day prior at the Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical High School in the southern province of Sanliurfa. There, a 19-year-old former student, identified only as OK, wounded 20 people before also killing himself. According to reports, his motive was rooted in a desire for revenge for perceived academic failures, with a specific personal grudge against the school's principal. The Turkish newspaper Sabah reported that OK had a history of academic struggles, failing to complete both middle school and a distance-learning high school program. Alarmingly, the Sanliurfa attacker had reportedly threatened the school repeatedly in the lead-up to the violence. Sabah's report indicates he was even detained over these threats a day before the shooting, only to be released. In one explicit message, he wrote, "Get ready, there...

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