Turkish school shooter used image referencing 2014 US mass killer, police say

FATHER JAILED

The attacker used five pistols that belonged to his police officer father in the attack, and the court jailed the father pending trial, the local prosecutor’s office said on Thursday.

In its examination, the prosecutor’s office found a document on the attacker’s computer dated April 11 that indicated a major attack would be carried out “in the near future”.

In his statement to the prosecutor, the attacker’s father said that he brought his son to a police shooting range to teach him how to use pistols, citing his son’s interest in using guns, Turkish daily Yeni Safak reported. Video footage on the website of another daily, Sabah, showed the teenager aiming and shooting at targets in the range.

Officials told reporters on Wednesday that the attacker took his own life after the attack. But on Thursday Sabah, citing the autopsy, reported that it found the 14-year-old died from blood loss following a cut to the back of his leg caused by a sharp object.