18-year-old who targeted school in Siverek turned the gun on himself, Gov. Hasan Sildak said
A former student injured at least 16 people Tuesday after opening fire with a shotgun inside a high school in Turkey before turning the weapon on himself, officials said.
The 18-year-old who targeted the vocational high school in Siverek, located in southeastern Turkey, took his own life with the shotgun after he was "cornered by police," Gov. Hasan Sildak said.
Video taken at the scene showed students sprinting out of a building as law enforcement and first responders arrived.
The attack left 10 students, four teachers, a school canteen employee and a police officer hurt, according to Sildak, who added that five of the teachers and students were transferred to a hospital in the provincial capital because their conditions were more serious.
An armed person walks down a school corridor in Siverek, in Turkey's Sanliurfa province, on April 14, 2026, in a still image obtained from a social media video.
The motive for the shooting was unclear. The attacker did not have a criminal record, Sildak said.
The school had been declared safe and no permanent police officer was assigned to protect it, he added, calling the shooting an "isolated incident."
Sildak told NTV that the attacker started firing indiscriminately, beginning in the school yard before entering the building, Reuters reported.
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Forensic police officers respond after a teenager opened fire at a school and wounded at least 16 people, including students and teachers, before killing himself in Siverek, Turkey, on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
One student told the state-run Anadolu Agency that he and a friend jumped out of their classroom window to flee the gunman.
"He suddenly entered the classroom and fired. He fired four or five times. Two people were hit. He then went into the next classroom," Anadolu quoted Omer Furkan Sayar as saying. "We first threw ourselves to the ground and then two of us jumped out of the window."
"He didn't say anything, he entered and started to shoot directly," Sayar added.
Turkish security forces and emergency staff stand in the courtyard of a high school where a gunman opened fire in Siverek, southeastern Turkey, on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
"The individual was cornered inside the building through police intervention and died after shooting himself," Sildak told reporters, adding that a "comprehensive" investigation into the shooting would be carried out.
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14-year-old boy allegedly used guns belonging to his former police officer father, officials say
A 14-year-old boy is dead after allegedly killing at least nine people and wounding 13 more at a Turkish middle school Wednesday, according to media and official reports.
The boy reportedly carried out the violent attack, the second of its kind in as many days in Turkey, with guns belonging to his father, a former police officer, according to Regional Governor Mukerrem Unluer.
"A student came to school with guns that we believe belonged to his father in his backpack. He entered two classrooms and opened fire randomly, causing injuries and deaths," Unluer told reporters, according to multiple media reports.
Eight of the deaths were students, while the other was a teacher, Turkey's Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci told reporters, per Reuters.
Paramedics provide medical assistance to an injured student after a deadly school shooting in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, April 15, 2026.
Ciftci was also adamant that this was a "sole incident" and not a terror attack.
The shooting took place at Ayser Çalık Middle School in Turkey's Kahramanmaras region, roughly 140 miles west of the high school where another student killed himself after injuring 16 others in a shooting one day earlier.
Shooting deaths are rare in Turkey, with just over 2.6 per 100,000 residents every year, compared to the U.S.'s 14.5. Gun applicants must be at least 21 years old and go through a rigorous medical clearance and background check process.
Gun acquisition is, however, considerably more expedient for professionals with certain careers, such as law enforcement.
People wait in front of a school building after a deadly shooting in the southeastern province of Kahramanmaras, Turkey, April 15, 2026.
Despite the difficulties, Turkey has now been rocked by two mass shootings in two days. In response, the government has urged citizens not to spread misinformation and to protect the peace.
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An injured person is carried to an ambulance after a school shooting in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, April 15, 2026.
"Managing the process with sound judgment, protecting societal peace, and particularly ensuring the psychological security of our children are of utmost importance," the country's Ministry of Communications also posted on X.
"It is essential for our media organizations to act with the utmost sense of responsibility in their broadcasting policies," the post continued, adding that "such incidents create a highly fertile ground for disinformation."
Four chief inspectors and four inspector generals have been assigned to an investigation into the incident, the Turkish Ministry of the Interior wrote on X.
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