Four people killed in Turkiye’s second school shooting in two days

Eight students and a teacher are killed in the south-central province of ​Kahramanmaras, interior minister says.⁠A student ⁠has shot at least nine people dead, including fellow pupils, and wounded at least ⁠13 at a middle school in south-central Turkiye, the interior minister says.Wednesday’s attack in the ‌province of Kahramanmaras was carried out by a student in the eighth grade, Governor Mukerrem Unluer told reporters. The attacker was also dead.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemslist 1 of 2Turkiye says NATO defences intercepted third missile from Iranlist 2 of 2Shooting near Israeli consulate in Turkiye declared ‘terror’ attackend of list“We regret to report nine deaths … and 13 wounded. Six of them are currently in intensive care, three of whom are in critical condition,” Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said.Unluer said the student who carried out the shooting is believed to have used guns that belonged to his father, a former police officer. The student concealed the weapons in a backpack, entered two classrooms and opened fire “randomly”, Unluer said.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. It was conducted by a former student who killed himself in a showdown with police after wounding 16 people.Intense gunfireFootage released at the scene of Wednesday’s shooting by the IHA private news agency 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 the 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 investigation into the shooting.