Breaking News: After Şanlıurfa, another armed attack on a school in Kahramanmaraş! 9 people lost their lives
Following the attack in Şanlıurfa, a school has now been targeted in Kahramanmaraş. An armed attack was carried out at Ayser Çalık Middle School. Kahramanmaraş Governor Mükerrem Ünlüer stated that 9 people, including 8 students and 1 teacher, lost their lives and that there are many injured.
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Following the armed attack that took place at a school in the Siverek district of Şanlıurfa yesterday, a similar incident occurred in Kahramanmaraş.
It was reported that there were casualties in the armed attack carried out in the courtyard of Ayser Çalık Middle School in the city.
Now there is an incident at a school in Kahramanmaraş, details are not fully known #siverek #kahramanmaraş pic.twitter.com/pU7GIBjwef
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Following the incident, numerous ambulances and police teams were dispatched to the area upon reports from those nearby.
4 DEAD, 20 INJURED
Governor Ünlüer reported that 4 people lost their lives in the attack and there were 20 injured.
It was learned that 1 of those who lost their lives was a teacher and 3 were students, and that 4 of the injured are in critical condition.
Governor Ünlüer stated, "An 8th-grade student opened fire randomly at the school with weapons in their backpack. The attacker used 5 weapons and 7 magazines."
STATEMENT FROM THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR
Minister of Interior Çiftçi said in a statement made in the evening hours that the death toll in the attack had risen to 9. 9 people, 8 of whom were students and 1 a teacher, lost their lives in the attack.