Student kills 9 in Turkey’s second school shooting in 2 days

Nypost · Apr 16, 2026 · 222 words · By Associated Press

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“A student opened fire on two classrooms at a middle school in Turkey on Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding 13 others”

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The claim is reported by Flipboard and confirmed by multiple web search results (Türkiye News, etc.) stating a student killed nine and wounded 13 in Kahramanmaraş.

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“the country’s second such shooting in two days”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm this was the second school shooting in Turkey within two days.

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web search NEUTRAL — Turkish media reported that the attacker, believed to be a student, entered two classrooms and had five guns and seven magazines with him. Local governor Mukerren Unluer alleged the weapons belonged t…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn088n9e6e9o

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web search NEUTRAL — School shootings are rare in Turkey. Turkish TV commentators described the two attacks in two days as possible copycat incidents, suggesting that the first attack may have inspired the second after re…
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-rocked-two-mass-sc…

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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. Before the the latest round of attack…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/15/asia/turkey-second-school-sho…

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“The 14-year-old gunman was killed”

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Flipboard and web search results (e.g., 'Turkey school shooting leaves nine dead teen gunman killed') confirm the 14-year-old gunman was killed.

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“He arrived at the school armed with guns believed to belong to his father, a retired police officer”

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Multiple web search results (The Independent, Daily Sabah) state the weapons belonged to the gunman's father, a retired police officer/superintendent.

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“He was carrying five firearms and seven magazines”

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Three separate web search results (The Independent, Daily Sabah, and another news source) specifically mention the gunman had five firearms and seven magazines.

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web search NEUTRAL — The gunman, who was also killed, arrived at the school with five firearms and seven magazines belonging to his father, a retired police superintendent, who was arrested after the attack.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/turkey-istanbul-whatsapp-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The 14-year-old gunman was killed. He arrived at the school armed with guns believed to belong to his father, a retired police officer, Kahramanmaras provincial Gov.AFP via Getty Images. He was carryi…
https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/world-news/turkey-school-shoot…

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web search NEUTRAL — He said that preliminary findings indicate the assailant used five firearms and seven magazines during the attack, entering at least two classrooms before the incident unfolded.
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/school-shooting-in-southe…

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“Six of the 13 people wounded were in serious condition”

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“The attack came a day after 16 people, mostly students, were wounded when a former student opened fire at a high school in nearby Sanliurfa province”

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Confirmed by Wikipedia (2026 Onikişubat school shooting) and web search results stating a former student wounded 16 people in Sanliurfa province the day before.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 6 February 2023, at 04:17:35 TRT (01:17:35 UTC), a moment magnitude (Mw ) 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The epicenter was 37 km (23 mi) west–nort…
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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 — 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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“The assailant later killed himself”

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Web search results from Türkiye News and another source confirm the assailant in the Sanliurfa shooting killed himself.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lists of mass shootings in the United States. Lists of school-related attacks.
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web search NEUTRAL — A student opened fire at his school in the southern province of Kahramanmaraş on April 15, killing nine people and injuring 13 before taking his own life, as the shooting marked the second such incide…
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/dead-wounded-in-school-sho…

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web search NEUTRAL — Ankara: A former student opened fire at a high school in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people, before killing himself, an official said. The 18-year-old attacker fired randomly …
https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/teenage-gunman-opens-fire-at…

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“State-run broadcaster, TRT, identified the latest shooter as Isa Aras Mersinli”

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Wikipedia entry for '2026 Onikişubat school shooting' explicitly identifies the shooter as İsa Aras Mersinli.

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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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“his father was detained for questioning”

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While the Wikipedia entry confirms the shooter's identity, the provided snippets for the Wikipedia search do not explicitly mention the father being detained for questioning, although other web results for claim 4 mention the father was arrested.

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“Turkish authorities imposed a ban on the broadcast of “traumatic” images from the shooting”

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“Parents rushed to the school in Kahramanmaras’ Onikisubat district”

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