Indictment filed against parents of school shooter in Türkiye’s south
KAHRAMANMARAŞ
Prosecutors have finalized an indictment seeking 10 life sentences for the father of a teenage shooter who killed 10 people at a local secondary school in the southern province of Kahramanmaraş on April 15.
While the jailed father, Uğur Mersinli, faces multiple life terms for killing with eventual intent, the attacker’s mother, Peyman Pınar Mersinli, faces up to 22.5 years in prison for conscious negligence leading to death. The couple will soon appear before the Kahramanmaraş third High Criminal Court.
The attacker carried out the assault using firearms belonging to his father, who was serving as a police officer at the time. His father told prosecutors that he kept his entire arsenal at home. Both parents are also accused of negligence for ignoring clear signs of their son’s psychological problems.
