School Shootings in Turkey: A Tragic Week

0:00It's April 15th. This is Sydney News today, AI-powered stories from your city. Tragedy struck southeastern Turkey with a school shooting that claimed nine lives, including eight children. A 13 or 14-year-old boy walked into his eighth-grade classroom in Kaeraman Mara's, armed and ready, turning a normal school day into chaos. The kid showed up with five guns and seven magazines, likely swiped from his dad, a former police officer. He burst into two classrooms, fired randomly at students and a teacher, then took his own life before help arrived. 13 other students got hurt in the attack, with videos showing kids leaping from windows and bolting across the courtyard. Police and medics locked down the scene fast, as this kind of violence hits rare in Turkey. Just the day before a nearby Sanliyurfa, another ex-student opened fire, wounding 16 people before ending in himself. Now the shooter's father is in custody, suspected of leaving those weapons accessible. Prosecutors jumped on an investigation right away, but two school attacks in two days

1:03has everyone reeling over how kids are getting guns so easy.