Nine dead and 13 injured in second school shooting in Turkey this week, governor says

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Apr 15, 2026 · 266 words · By Gavin Blackburn; Burcu Basaran

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What to know about Nine dead and 13 injured in second school shooting in Turkey this week, governor says

The article reports on two separate school shooting incidents in southern Turkey occurring within two days. It details the casualties and the official responses from provincial governors and the Justice Minister.

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What happened

It comes a day after an ex-student opened fire at his former high school in Siverek in southern Şanlıurfa province, wounding 16 people including students before killing himself in a showdown with police.

Why it matters

A school shooting in southern Turkey on Wednesday left nine people dead and 13 wounded, a local official said, just one day after an incident in which a shooter wounded 16 people and then killed himself.

Common ground

Kahramanmaraş provincial governor Mükerrem Ünlüer said a teacher and three students were killed in the attack at the Ayser Çalık Secondary School.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A school shooting in southern Turkey on Wednesday left nine people dead and 13 wounded”

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Multiple independent news sources (AFP, others) report a second school shooting in southern Turkey on a Wednesday that left nine dead and 13 wounded.

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Claim 2: “an ex-student opened fire at his former high school in Siverek in southern Şanlıurfa province, wounding 16 people including students before killing himself in a showdown with police”

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Wikipedia and multiple web search results confirm that on April 14, 2026, a former student (Ömer Ket) opened fire at a high school in Siverek, Şanlıurfa, wounding 16 people before committing suicide.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 15 April 2026, a school shooting occurred at the Ayser Çalık Secondary School in the Onikişubat district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. İsa Aras Mersinli, a 13-year-old student enrolled at the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Onikişubat_school_shootin…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 14 April 2026, a school shooting occurred at the Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Sixteen people were injured before the perpetra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Siverek_school_shooting

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Siverek (Armenian: Սեւավերակ, romanized: Sevaverag, lit. 'black ruins'; Zazaki: Soyreg; Kurdish: Sêwreg) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 3,936 km2, and its po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siverek

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Claim 3: “A student came to school with guns that we believe belonged to his father in his backpack. He entered two classrooms and opened fire randomly”

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Multiple web sources report that the student used guns belonging to his father and opened fire in two classrooms.

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web search NEUTRAL — Unluer said the student brought five guns and seven magazines to Ayser Calik Middle School in the afternoon and opened fire intermittently into two classrooms before later killing himself. He added th…
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-rocked-two-mass-sc…

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web search NEUTRAL — A student opened fire on two classrooms at a middle school in Turkey on Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding 13 others, the interior minister said, in the country’s second such shooting in two …
https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/world-news/turkey-school-shoot…

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web search NEUTRAL — A student has opened fire at two classrooms at a school in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 20 others, an official said.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/panicked-scenes-student-opens-fire…

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Claim 4: “Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said the local prosecutor's office launched an immediate investigation into the shooting”

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Multiple sources (Euronews, Türkiye Today) confirm that Justice Minister Akin Gurlek stated the local prosecutor's office launched an immediate investigation.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Akın Gürlek (born 1982, Nevşehir) is a Turkish jurist and politician serving as the Minister of Justice in the 67th cabinet of Turkey since 11 February 2026. Most recently he was the Chief Public pros…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yılmaz Tunç (born 1 February 1971) is a Turkish politician, and has been the Minister of Justice in the 67th cabinet of Turkey until 11 February 2026. He served in the Grand National Assembly of Turke…
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Claim 5: “The attack left 10 students, four teachers, a canteen employee and a police officer wounded, Governor Hasan Şıldak said”

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The specific breakdown of casualties (10 students, 4 teachers, a canteen employee, and a police officer) is attributed to Governor Hasan Şıldak in the web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sedat Edip Bucak (born 31 October 1960 in Siverek) is a Kurdish politician and the leader of the Bucak tribe in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. In the 1990s, he was a member of the Grand National…
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Claim 6: “The individual was cornered inside the building through police intervention and died after shooting himself”

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Both Wikipedia and news reports confirm the perpetrator in Siverek committed suicide after being cornered/surrounded by police inside the building.

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web search NEUTRAL — On 14 April 2026, a school shooting occurred at the Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Sixteen people were injured before the perpetra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Siverek_school_shooting

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web search NEUTRAL — The attacker shot himself after being surrounded by police during the incident.He later committed suicide with the same rifle after being "cornered by police," Governor Hasan Şıldak said. The attack w…
https://unn.ua/en/news/former-student-opens-fire-in-turkish-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The school is in the town of Siverek, in Sanliurfa Province.While school shootings are not common in Turkey, stabbings are sometimes reported. In March, a former student entered a high school in Istan…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/world/middleeast/turkey-s…

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Claim 7: “Kahramanmaraş provincial governor Mükerrem Ünlüer said a teacher and three students were killed in the attack at the Ayser Çalık Secondary School”

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While Wikipedia confirms a shooting at Ayser Çalık Secondary School in Kahramanmaraş on April 15, 2026, the provided evidence does not contain the specific quote or casualty breakdown (one teacher and three students) attributed to Governor Mükrrem Ünlücer.

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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 …
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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…
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