Turkey Orders 83 Arrests After Back-to-Back School Shootings

Overview

• Turkish police issued detention orders for 83 people accused of praising the school attacks online and disrupting public order.
• Officials said the Kahramanmaraş shooting left nine dead, including eight students, and 13 injured, and the 14-year-old attacker died at the scene.
• Authorities said the boy carried five guns and seven magazines from his retired police officer father in a backpack, and they detained the father for questioning.
• A day earlier in Sanliurfa, a former student wounded 16 people at a high school before killing himself, according to the provincial governor.
• The Justice Ministry placed limits on reporting to protect the inquiries, while the rare school shootings in Turkey have renewed scrutiny of illegal guns and home storage.