Teachers Protest School Shootings Across Turkey

Thousands of teachers protested in Turkey on Thursday after two school shootings in two days left the country reeling, with the authorities cracking down on social media as crowds gathered for the funerals of nine victims of the second shooting.

As family members and mourners flocked around coffins draped in the Turkish flag in the southern province of Kahramanmaras, people also placed roses on the steps of the school that was attacked, many locals in shock at what had unfolded a day earlier when a 14-year-old arrived at the building with five guns and opened fire.