Overview
- A 14-year-old opened fire at a secondary school in Kahramanmaraş, killing nine people, including eight students and a teacher, and wounding many before dying at the scene.
- Investigators say the attacker carried five pistols and several magazines taken from his father, who is reported to be a retired senior police inspector.
- The Kahramanmaraş shooting followed an attack a day earlier in Şanliurfa that injured about 16 people, and police in Mersin later detained a 12-year-old who tried to enter a school with a weapon.
- The Directorate General of Security said it blocked about 940 social media accounts, closed 93 Telegram groups, and sought 83 arrests for posts that encouraged violence or shared targets and dates.
- After an emergency meeting in Ankara, officials moved to tighten protection at schools as investigations continue into the attacks and the online communities that promoted them.