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Nine Dead in Turkish School: Eighth-Grader With Five of His Father's Pistols Walked In and Opened Fire

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An eighth-grader walked into a Turkish school with five pistols and seven magazines of ammunition and started shooting. Nine dead - eight students and one teacher. Thirteen wounded. The deadliest armed attack in a Turkish school to date.

The weapons belonged to his father, a former police officer. Children fled in panic, jumping from windows. Footage nobody wants to watch, yet everyone shares.

Turkey is a country with strict gun laws - on paper. But when an eighth-grader can grab five pistols from home and walk into a school, the question isn't about the laws but about their enforcement. This isn't America where mass shootings have become routine. This is Turkey, where an incident like this is a shock. But how many times does it need to shock before it provokes real action?