The film of the armed attack on the school in Turkey. A 14-year-old student killed eight children and a teacher. Six other victims are in critical condition

Turkey went through two tragedies in just two days. After 16 students and teachers at a high school in Saliurfa province were shot by a former student on Tuesday, a 14-year-old killed nine people in the school he attended in Kahramanmaras province on Wednesday.

The eighth-grader came to school with no less than five guns, which investigators believe he got from his father, who is a retired police officer. The reasons why the teenager chose his targets are still unclear, the victims being 5th graders, aged 10 or 11.

Six injured in critical condition

“An eighth-grader came with five guns and seven magazines – which we believe belonged to his father, a former police officer – in his backpack, entered two classes of fifth-graders causing their deaths and injuries at random,” said Mukerrem Unluer, the governor of Kahramanmaras province.

A recording from a surveillance camera started circulating on social networks showing that the attacker shot two of the victims in the school hallway, but so far the authenticity of the recording could not be proven, writes Reuters.

The massacre left eight students and one teacher dead, with several others injured, six of whom are in critical condition, according to Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Citci. He ruled out a terrorist motivation underlying the aggression.

Other clips show students running out of the school, some of them jumping from the school floor, as around 15 gunshots rang out from inside. Before long, law enforcement and desperate parents began arriving at the school gates trying to find out what their children were up to.

KAHRAMANMARAŞ'TA OKUL SALDIRISI
Mükerrem Ünlüer: Saldırgan 8'inci klassı ıldışısi, babasının silahlarıyla okula geldi. 5. klássin klássin klássá girerek têf açít.
Olayda 1 teacher and 3 students lost their lives, 20 people were injured (4'ü agır). Saldırgan did lose his life. pic.twitter.com/eClv9as5m0

— 328Haber (@AdemAvan018) April 15, 2026

The attacker's parents were detained

The attacker died, but authorities are not sure if he committed suicide or was accidentally shot in the chaos as the children tried to get out of his way.

Both his parents were detained to explain how the teenager came to have access to firearms. A clip on social media shows a military vehicle carrying the student's mother, a literature teacher, as angry mobs try to stop the car.

S*ldırganın edebitat öğetemeni annesi şırılı araçla gözaltina alırınken ğındızlarlar rekıtın. https://t.co/Azcw5kTJpD pic.twitter.com/GEZB7ReV4t

— Anonymous Muhabir (@anonymuhabir) April 15, 2026

Gun laws are very strict in Turkey, but the number of weapons owned without a permit is estimated at several tens of thousands, according to AFP.