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The shooter also died, he added.<br \/>\nFootage released by IHA private news agency showed a person, body and face covered, being evacuated in an ambulance, as well as tearful parents who had rushed to the school in the southern province\u00b4s main city, Kahramanmaras. Witnesses quoted by media said intense gunfire was heard.<br \/>\nPolice have increased security around the building, and television footage showed ambulances present in the area. Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said prosecutors had launched an immediate investigation into the shooting. On Tuesday, an ex-student opened fire at his former high school, wounding 16 people including students before killing himself in a showdown with police, officials said.<br \/>\nSchool shootings in Turkiye are rare. 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