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A former student, in his late teens, opened fire at the Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Siverek, southeastern Turkey, injuring 16 people. The shooting occurred around 09:30 local time, and the injured included 10 students, four teachers, a cafeteria worker, and a police officer. According to local governor Hasan Şildak, the attacker fired indiscriminately with a shotgun before taking his own life with the same weapon. The school was evacuated, and the wounded were hospitalized, with some transferred for further treatment. Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, and initial reports indicate the attacker had no prior criminal record.

On Wednesday, a 13 or 14-year-old student killed four people, including three students and one teacher, and injured at least 20 others at a middle school in Kahramanmaras, a province in southeastern Turkey. The shooter, an eighth-grade student, used weapons and ammunition believed to belong to his father, a former police officer. The student entered two fifth-grade classrooms and fired indiscriminately. The governor stated that the shooter killed himself during the incident. This marks Turkey's second school shooting in two days, although such events are rare in the country. Four of the injured are in critical condition.

On Tuesday, April 14, 2026, a former student opened fire at a vocational high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province, in southeastern Turkey. The 18-year-old assailant, armed with a shotgun, wounded at least 16 people, including students, teachers, a canteen employee, and a police officer. According to Governor Hasan Sildak, the attacker killed himself with the same shotgun after being cornered by police. While most of the injured were treated locally, five were transferred to a hospital in the provincial capital due to the severity of their injuries. The motive for the attack remains unclear, and authorities stated that the attacker did not have a criminal record.

In southeastern Turkey, a student opened fire in two classrooms at a school in Kahramanmaras on Wednesday, killing four and wounding 20 others. The student, who also died in the incident, used guns belonging to his father, a police officer. This shooting occurred one day after a separate school shooting in Siverek, Sanliurfa province, where an 18-year-old former student wounded at least 16 people at a vocational high school on Tuesday. The former student, armed with a shotgun, shot randomly before killing himself after being cornered by police. Both incidents prompted responses from Turkish security forces and emergency staff.