Erdogan promises tighter gun controls after deadly Turkey school attacks


FILE PHOTO: People carry the coffin of a victim of a school shooting during the funeral prayers at a mosque in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Ensar Ozdemir/File Photo

ANKARA, April ⁠20 (Reuters) - Turkey will ⁠tighten gun-ownership rules and ‌increase penalties for owners whose children find the firearms, President ​Tayyip Erdogan said ⁠on Monday ⁠after last week's rare, deadly ⁠school ‌shootings.

The second of the two ⁠separate attacks by students last ​week ‌killed eight pupils and ⁠a ​teacher in a southeastern province of Kahramanmaras, ⁠shocking a nation in ​which such school-based violence is very rare.

Erdogan said ⁠the government will also take additional steps to monitor the internet as ​part of ⁠its response to the ​incidents.

(Reporting by ‌Huseyin Hayatsever; Writing ​by Jonathan Spicer; Editing by Bill Berkrot)

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