
A 13-year-old student opened fire at a school in Kahramanmaras province, Turkey, on Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding 13. The Interior Minister, Mustafa Ciftci, confirmed the updated toll, with six of the wounded in intensive care and three in critical condition. The Kahramanmaras province governor, Mukerrem Unluer, stated that the student used guns believed to belong to his father, entering two classrooms and firing randomly. The attacker, an eighth-grade student and son of a former police officer, was carrying five guns and seven magazines and died during the incident, possibly by suicide. Police detained the father, Ugur Mersinli. Footage showed students jumping from windows to escape and tearful parents at the scene. This incident follows another school shooting the previous day in Sanliurfa province, where an ex-student wounded 16 people before killing himself. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised accountability for any negligence, and main opposition CHP leader Ozgur Ozel called for enhanced school security measures, citing a growing security vulnerability. School shootings have been rare in Turkey, which has strict gun laws.
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