Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he has taken personal control of the investigation into armed attacks on schools in the country, RIA Novosti reports .
“As president, I’ve been monitoring the situation since day one. And I continue to do so,” he said.
The Turkish leader also criticized those who launched a campaign against the authorities over these incidents.
A school in the city of Siverek was attacked on April 14. A young man armed with a gun opened fire indiscriminately, first in front of the building and then inside. He later barricaded himself inside the school, taking several students hostage. According to media reports, at least 16 people were injured in the incident. The attacker himself did not survive.
The following day, on April 15, a similar attack on a school in Kahramanmaraş left four people dead, including a teacher, and 20 others injured. The attacker was a 16-year-old eighth-grade student, the son of a former police officer.
Turkey previously introduced censorship of publications following the school shooting.
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