School shooting in Turkey leaves 16 wounded, governor says
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“The assailant, a 19-year-old former student, used a shotgun in the attack in the Siverek district.”
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Multiple web sources confirm the assailant was a former student (age 18-19) using a shotgun in Siverek district. Two sources explicitly mention the shotgun, while one references a rifle, but the core claim about the weapon and location is corroborated by independent reports.
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— Turkey is divided into 81 provinces (Turkish: il). Each province is divided into a number of districts (ilçe). Each provincial government is seated in the central district (merkez ilçe). For non-metro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey
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— 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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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siverek
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“The wounded were taken to hospital, with five later transferred to facilities in Sanliurfa city centre for further treatment, Sildak said.”
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— ... and enforced disappearance of civilians, torture, sexual violence, forced evacuations from homes, looting and seizure of private property, transfer ...
https://www.ecoi.net/de/dokument/2048105.html
https://www.ecoi.net/de/dokument/2048105.html
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— ... and enforced disappearance of civilians, torture, sexual violence, forced evacuations from homes, looting and seizure of private property, transfer ...
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/report-on-human-rights-…
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— ... and enforced disappearance of civilians, torture, sexual violence, forced evacuations from homes, looting and seizure of private property, transfer ...
https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/2048105.html
https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/2048105.html
“He later told broadcaster NTV that the attacker opened fire indiscriminately, starting in the school yard before entering the building.”
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— 2 hours ago ·He later told broadcasterNTVthatthe attackeropenedfireindiscriminately,startingin the schoolyardbeforeenteringthe building.
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— 10 hours ago ·He later told broadcasterNTVthatthe attackeropenedfireindiscriminately,startingin the schoolyardbeforeenteringthe building. The shooter killed himself as police attempted to apprehend hi…
https://srnnews.com/school-shooting-in-turkey-leaves-16-woun…
https://srnnews.com/school-shooting-in-turkey-leaves-16-woun…
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— A witness to the incident told local news outlet Turkiye Today that the suspect entered the highschoolyardwith a long-barreled weaponbeforeopeningfire. 'He firstopenedfirein theyardand ...
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/school-shooting-rampage…
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/school-shooting-rampage…
“The shooter killed himself as police attempted to apprehend him, Sildak added.”
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“Sildak said the attacker had no prior criminal record and that the school had previously been classified as safe by police.”
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“Sildak said the attacker had no prior criminal record and that the school had previously been classified as safe by police.”
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“The Interior Ministry said 10 of the wounded were students, four were teachers, one was a police officer and another a school canteen employee.”
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Wikipedia entries describe the Ministry of Interior in Turkey generally but do not mention the specific incident or casualty breakdown reported in the claim.
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— The Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control (Urdu: وزارتِ داخلہ, abbreviated as MoI) is a Cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Pakistan, tasked and primarily responsible for implementing the…
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— The Ministry of Interior (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية, romanized: Wizārat al-Dākhilīyah) is a cabinet ministry of Syria, responsible for internal affairs. Its headquarters were located on Kafr Sousa in Dam…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_(Syria)
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— The Ministry of Interior or Ministry of the Interior or Interior Ministry (Turkish: İçişleri Bakanlığı lit. Ministry of Internal Affairs) is a government ministry of the Republic of Turkey, responsibl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_(Turkey)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_(Turkey)
“The condition of the wounded was not immediately known.”
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“Video footage showed students fleeing the school as ambulances and police vehicles arrived at the scene.”
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