New shooting in southeastern Turkey: Student kills eight children and a professor at school

(Patria) - Nine people, including eight children and a professor, were killed today in a shooting at a secondary school in southeastern Turkey.

This tragic information was confirmed by the Turkish Minister of Internal Affairs, Mustafa Ciftci, who stated that 13 people were injured in the shooting, six of whom are in critical condition.

Speaking to reporters at a televised press conference in Kahramanmaras province, where the bloodshed occurred, Ciftci said the attack was a "personal" incident.

- This was exclusively a personal attack carried out by one of the students; it is not a terrorist incident - Ciftci said.

Earlier, the local governor said a student had opened fire at a secondary school in southeastern Turkey, in the second such school attack in Turkey in the last two days.

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Shooting at a school in southeastern Turkey, 16 students injured, attacker committed suicide

(Patria) - At least 16 people were injured in a shooting at a secondary school in Siverek, southeastern Turkey. The attacker, a former student of the school, committed suicide, officials announced. The attacker, armed with a shotgun, fired randomly at the middle

- An eighth-grade student came with five pieces of weapons and seven magazines, which we believe belonged to his father, a former police officer.

He entered two classrooms where fifth-grade students were, firing randomly and causing deaths and injuries - said Governor Mukerrem Unluer, adding that the attacker killed himself.

Eighth graders in Turkey are typically 13 or 14 years old, and fifth graders are 10 and 11 years old. School shootings are very rare in Turkey.

When asked by reporters if the authorities would take any measures after the shootings this week, Ciftci said: "We will take the necessary precautions".

However, he did not provide details. Local media reported that the attacker's father had been arrested.

Unconfirmed surveillance camera footage from the school shows the attacker shooting at two students walking in the hallway, and several students jumping from a second-floor window of the school as gunshots echoed through the yard.