At least 4 dead in Turkey’s second school shooting in 2 days

A teenage student shot ⁠at least four people dead, including three fellow pupils, and wounded at least 20 others at a middle school in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday, the local governor said, marking the country’s ‌second school attack in two days.Three students and one teacher died in the attack in the province of Kahramanmaras, Governor Mukerrem Unluer told reporters, adding the shooter had shot and killed himself in the commotion.“An eighth-grade student came with five weapons and seven magazines – ⁠which we believe to be his former police officer father’s – in his bag, ‌entered two classrooms where fifth-grade students were, causing deaths and injuries indiscriminately,” Unluer said.Eighth-grade students in Turkey ‌are usually aged 13 or 14, and those in the fifth ⁠grade are ⁠aged 10 and 11.The governor added that four of the wounded were in critical condition ‌and undergoing surgery.An injured person is carried to an ambulance following a School Shooting, in the southeastern province of Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on Wednesday. Photo: IHA via ReutersSchool shootings are very rare in Turkey.