Istanbul, 15 April 2026 (dpa/MIA) – At least four people, including pupils, were killed and 20 others were injured on Wednesday after a student opened fire randomly at a school in south-eastern Turkey.

The assailant, an eighth-grade student at the school in Kahramanmaraş province, also died though it was not immediately clear how, Governor Mükerrem Ünlüer told reporters.

"His father is a former police officer," Ünlüer said. "We believe he took his father’s weapons."

"He came with five firearms and seven magazines and entered two classrooms," Ünlüer added. "With the weapons he brought in his backpack, he entered two classrooms where students were present and opened fire indiscriminately."

An investigation is under way into the attack, the motive for which was not immediately clear.

Footage on broadcaster CNN Türk showed ambulances and emergency teams at the scene.

The incident comes a day after a separate shooting at a high school in the south-eastern city of Şanlıurfa, not far from Kahramanmaraş, where 16 people, including 10 students, were wounded.

The attacker in that case, a former student, later killed himself, according to the Interior Ministry.

School shootings are relatively rare in Turkey.

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