Nine dead in Turkey’s second school shooting in 48 hours

At least nine people have been killed and 13 others injured in the shooting at the Ayser Çalık Middle School in Kahramanmaraş, central Turkey, on Wednesday after a student opened fire, making it the second day such an incident would be happening in the country.

According to Kahramanmaraş Governor, Mukerrem Unluer, four of the injured were undergoing surgery.

Unluer also disclosed that a teacher was among the fatalities at the school during the incident. 

The shooter shot himself after the incident, Unluer told reporters at the scene of the school shooting.

The incident is the second school shooting in Turkey in as many days. 

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The Turkish Justice Ministry has announced a broadcast ban on covering the shooting for “the sake of the integrity of the investigation.”

Seven prosecutors have been assigned to the ongoing investigation, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said in a statement on X.

Earlier, Tribune Online reported that no fewer than seven people, including students, were injured on Tuesday when a gunman opened fire inside a high school in southeastern Turkey.

Tribune reported that the incident occurred in the Siverek district of Sanlıurfa Province, where an unidentified assailant reportedly entered the school armed with a shotgun and fired indiscriminately.

(CNN)