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A 14-year-old student allegedly opened fire at a school in Turkey using five guns, resulting in 10 deaths and 12 injuries. This event is reported as the second school shooting in the country within two days.

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“Eighth grade student kills 10 people, wounds 12 in Turkey's 2nd school shooting in 2 days”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that a second school shooting occurred in Turkey within two days. While some sources initially report 9 deaths, others confirm the toll rose to 10. The sequence of events (two shootings in two days) is consistently reported across different sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — 'Security vulnerability'. The shooting came a day after an ex-student opened fire with a shotgun at his former high school in Siverek district of Sanliurfa province, also in the centre of the country.…
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0415/1568403-turkey-schoo…
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web search NEUTRAL — ...of the two school shootings: 14 April: Ahmet Koyuncu High School (in southeastern Turkey) 15 April: Ayser Calik Secondary School (in southern Turkey) It also marks major geographic references like …
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn088n9e6e9o
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web search NEUTRAL — School shootings have occurred in the United States since the mid-19th century, although they were relatively uncommon until around the late 20th century. From the 1960s through the 1980s, fatal schoo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_th…
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“A 14-year-old armed with five guns opened fire at a Turkish school on Wednesday”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the shooter was a 14-year-old eighth-grade student who used five guns and opened fire on a Wednesday at a Turkish school.
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web search NEUTRAL — A student who was 14 and armed with five guns opened fire in a Turkish school a day after another shooter injured 16 people and killed himself in another school, officials said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/turkey-school-shooting-kahraman…
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web search NEUTRAL — An armed eighth-grader opened fire inside a middle school in southern Turkey on Wednesday, killing at least nine people and wounding 13 others, officials said. The student, who was 14 years old ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/europe/turkey-schoo…
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web search NEUTRAL — A teen armed with five guns killed at least nine people and wounded at least 13 more at a Turkish school on Wednesday, the second such attack in as many days. The armed attack, carried out by a 14-yea…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15735437/Second-schoo…
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“killing 10 people, wounding a dozen”
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While initial reports mentioned 9 deaths and 13 wounded, a specific update from AP/IHA explicitly states the death toll rose to 10. The claim of 'wounding a dozen' is consistent with reports of 12 or 13 injuries.
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web search NEUTRAL — The shooting came a day after an ex-student opened fire with a shotgun at his former high school in Siverek district of Sanliurfa province, also in the centre of the country. The gunman wounded 16 peo…
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0415/1568403-turkey-schoo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Those injured include 10 students, four teachers, a cafeteria worker and a police officer, he said. The incident happened at around 09:30 local time (06:30 GMT) at the Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Tec…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2k33xk24nyo
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web search NEUTRAL — Turkish security forces and emergency staff stand in the courtyard of a secondary school where an assailant opened fire, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, (IHA via AP).
https://www.aol.com/articles/death-toll-turkeys-second-schoo…
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