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Gunman opens fire at Turkish school, a local governor says

RT News · · 322 words · By Russia Today
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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A gunman has opened fire at a secondary school in the city of Kahramanmaras in south-eastern Türkiye, a local governor has said.”
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Multiple web search results report that a shooting occurred at a school in Kahramanmaraş, confirming the location and the general nature of the event, attributed to a local governor's reports.
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web search NEUTRAL — According to preliminary reports from the Kahramanmaraş Governor's Office and local law enforcement, the shooting began at approximately 1:30 p.m. local time. The shooter reportedly started shooting i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Onikişubat_school_shootin…
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web search NEUTRAL — A boy, believed to be aged about 13, carried out the shooting in southeastern Türkiye, killing his fellow students and a teacher. It is the second school shooting in the country in two days.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-16/turkiye-shooting/1065…
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web search NEUTRAL — Add The New York Times on Google A student opened fire inside a school in southern Turkey on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding 20 others, according to a provincial governor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/europe/turkey-schoo…
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“It is the second such incident in the country in as many days.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that this was the second school shooting in the country within two days.
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web search NEUTRAL — 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…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/15/four-killed-in-turk…
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web search NEUTRAL — It was the second school shooting in Turkey in two days, deeply alarming a country where mass shootings are rare but where educators have expressed concern about stabbings and other kinds of violence …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/europe/turkey-schoo…
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web search NEUTRAL — This is the second school shooting in Turkey in as many days. On Tuesday a former student opened fire on his old school injuring 16 people before killing himself.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/15/asia/turkey-second-school-sho…
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“An attack on an educational institution in Siverek on Tuesday left 17 wounded.”
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While the web search results mention Siverek and injuries, the specific detail of '17 wounded' on 'Tuesday' is not consistently corroborated across the multiple sources provided. The evidence is drawn from varied contexts (Wikipedia entries for other events, general reports), making a definitive corroboration difficult, but the general event is referenced.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 10 June 2025, at 09:57 CEST, a mass shooting occurred at the Dreierschützengasse secondary school in Graz, Austria. The shooter killed 10 people and injured 11 others. The gunman died of a self-inf…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Graz_school_shooting
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On Tuesday, 5 April 1994, 35-year-old Flemming Nielsen of Silkeborg shot four female students, killing two of them, at Aarhus University in Denmark. Nielsen had been a student at the university since …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus_University_shooting
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of attacks related to secondary schools that have occurred around the world. These are attacks that have occurred on school property or related primarily to school issues or events. A n…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_related_to_sec…
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“The second school shooting, which took place in the Onikisubat District of Kahramanmaras, resulted in four people being killed and 20 others being wounded, Governor Mukerrem Unluer said on Wednesday.”
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Two independent web search results directly quote Governor Mukerrem Unluer stating that the second school shooting in Onikişubat District resulted in four deaths and 20 injuries on Wednesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Göksun (Greek: Κυκυσός, romanized: Kykysós, or Κουκουσός, Koukousós; Latin: Coxon or Cucusus; Armenian: Կոկիսոն) is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,942 km2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göksun
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kahramanmaraş (Turkish pronunciation: [kahɾaˈmanmaɾaʃ]), historically Marash (Turkish: Maraş; Armenian: Մարաշ) and Germanicea (Greek: Γερμανίκεια), is a city in the Mediterranean region of Turkey and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahramanmaraş
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Onikişubat is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,429 km2, and its population is 453,730 (2022). The district Onikişubat was created at the 2013 reorganisation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onikişubat
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“The fatalities include a teacher and three students, the governor said.”
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Two separate web search results corroborate the specific casualty breakdown: four fatalities including one teacher and three students.
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web search NEUTRAL — 156 people were killed in the strike; the victims included 120 students (73 boys and 47 girls), 26 teachers (all of whom were women), seven parents of students (four men and three women), a school bus…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_2026_Iran_wa…
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web search NEUTRAL — The governor said four people had died in the attack — including three students and one teacher. Twenty others were injured, including four who were in critical condition and undergoing surgery.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/school-shooting-leaves-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Interior Ministry said 10 of the wounded were students, four were teachers, one was a police officer and another a school canteen employee.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-04-14/school…
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“At least four of those injured have been hospitalized in serious condition, he added.”
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The claim that 'at least four of those injured were hospitalized in serious condition' is mentioned in one web search result, but this specific detail is not corroborated by other independent sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Several people were hospitalized late Tuesday in connection to a fiery crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 270.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/4-people-hospitalized-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Four people are injured, with one of them in critical condition, after a crash in South Fairmount on Monday afternoon.
https://www.wlwt.com/article/cincinnati-firedept-four-injure…
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web search NEUTRAL — More than a dozen people were hospitalized after a vehicle struck parade participants in New Iberia, Louisiana. Officials say the crash does not appear to be intentional.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/people-injured-vehicle-slams-loui…
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“Unluer said that the attacker was an eighth-grade student from the same school.”
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Multiple web search results attribute the statement that the attacker was an eighth-grade student to Governor Unluer.
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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 — Kahramanmaras Governor Mukerrem Unluer provided details of the bloody school attack that left 4 dead and 20 injured. Unluer stated, 'An 8th-grade student opened fire randomly at the school with weapon…
https://en.haberler.com/the-attacker-came-with-5-guns-and-7-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The attacker, an eighth‑grade student, was the son of a former police officer, Unluer said, adding that the suspect was carrying five guns and seven magazines. He died during the incident.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/1-dead-in-shooting-at-school…
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“He could have obtained the firearms from his father, who is a former police officer, he said.”
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The claim that the attacker may have obtained firearms from his father, a former police officer, is stated in one web search result, but this detail is not corroborated by other independent sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — The alleged gunmen behind the Bondi beach attack are a father-son duo suspected of using legally obtained firearms to commit the massacre, according to police.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/15/bondi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities have not released specific details about Crooks' father or how the gun came into the hands of the shooter, he said. AP. However, they stressed the importance of controlling arms traffickin…
https://mundonow.com/en/they-believe-thomas-matthew-crooks-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — The father of the gunman who shot Donald Trump called police after the rally shooting, worried that his son and a firearm were missing, according to reports. Matthew Crooks realized his 20-year ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/thomas-cro…
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“According to the governor, the assailant, who had five pistols on him, entered two classrooms and opened fire there.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific details that the assailant had five pistols and entered two classrooms.
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“He committed suicide after carrying out the shooting.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results confirming that the assailant committed suicide after the shooting.
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“The chairman of the provincial branch of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Unal Ates, told Cumhuriyet newspaper that, according to his data, the attacker had mental issues and was known at the school as “a problematic child.””
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“Ates also claimed that the number of fatalities was higher than the official figures and that at least 35 people were wounded in the incident.”
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“Videos from the scene captured students fleeing the school en mass during the attack, with some jumping out of second floor windows.”
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“Kahramanmaraş Ayser Çalık Ortaokulu’nda yaşanan silahlı saldırıda öğrenciler okul camlarından atlayarak hayatta kalmaya çalıştılar.”
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“Kahramanmaraş Valisi Mükerrem Ünlüer: "Şu an bir saldırı var. Bir okulumuzda üzücü bir olay yaşandı. Yaralılarımızın olduğu bilgisi bize ulaştı. Konuyu derinlemesine araştırıyoruz"”
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