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Hard number: School shooting in Turkey

Natalie Johnson

A gunman entered a high school in Siverek on Tuesday and started firing indiscriminately, injuring 16 people before turning the gun on himself. The motive for the attack is unclear, though the assailant was a student at the school. It’s a major shock in Turkey, as school shootings are rare there.

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