Student kills four in Turkey's second school shooting in two days

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A teenage student shot at least four people dead, including three fellow pupils and wounded at least 20 others at a middle school in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday (April 15), the local governor said, marking the country's second school attack in two days.     WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:05Four people have been killed and 20 others wounded after a middle school student opened

00:10fire at a school in Karamanmaras in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday. The province's governor,

00:16Mukheram Unluur, confirmed that a teacher was among those killed. The shooter also died by

00:22suicide during the incident. He said an eighth grade student entered the school carrying weapons

00:27believed to belong to his former police officer father before opening fire in two classrooms

00:32occupied by younger pupils.

00:58School shootings are extremely rare in Turkey. On Tuesday, a former student opened fire at

01:03a school in Shanlurfa, injuring at least 16 people, including students and teachers,

01:09before taking his own life.

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