The attacker's last messages before storming the school have emerged: It would be good if the 5th and 6th graders are ready.

The attacker's last messages before storming the school have emerged: It would be good if the 5th and 6th graders are ready.

16.04.2026 17:28

It was determined that the student, who is alleged to be the perpetrator of the school attack in Kahramanmaraş where 10 people lost their lives, had clearly revealed his intention in his correspondences on Discord before the incident, planning the attack by giving the time, with statements such as "I can do it today" and "I will show how exhausted I am of this world." The attacker also had a note stating, "My own father tried to strangle and kill me."

New details have emerged regarding the armed attack carried out at Ayşer Çalık Middle School in the Onikişubat district of Kahramanmaraş. The correspondence of the 8th-grade student, İsa Aras Mersinli, who carried out the attack, the night before the incident has drawn attention.

HE ANNOUNCED THE ATTACK IN ADVANCE

According to claims, it was determined that the attacker expressed in his correspondence on the messaging application Discord that he would storm the school with a weapon and carry out a massacre. It was alleged that he gave details down to the time of the attack in his messages. In the correspondence, expressions such as "I can do this today," "Around 3 in the afternoon or thereabouts," and "I will show how exhausted I am with this world" were seen.

ALLEGATION OF FAMILY TENSION

The messages also noted that the attacker used expressions pointing to family problems. It was claimed that the words "My own father tried to strangle and kill me" were present in the correspondence.

According to the news report by İhsan Yalçın; Mersinli used the following expressions in a message he sent to the group: 

- Damn it! 

- I can do this today. 

- Around 3 in the afternoon or thereabouts 

- It would be good if 5th graders and 6th graders were ready. 

- My own father tried to strangle and kill me. 

- I am completely exhausted today. My own father tried to strangle and kill me. 

- I am alone at home 

- I will just finish my manifesto hastily and sleep a bit 

- Later, I will show how exhausted I am with this world.

Here is the image of that correspondence; 

Image of the correspondence

DOCUMENT OF THE MASSACRE FOUND ON HIS COMPUTER

The Kahramanmaraş Republic Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that documents were found on the computer of the perpetrator of the attack, İsa Aras Mersinli, indicating he would carry out a major attack on April 11th, and made the following statement this morning: "During the house search conducted on the perpetrator who carried out the incident, digital materials such as his personal computer and mobile phone were seized, and examinations of the digital materials revealed that on the perpetrator's computer, there was a document dated 04/11/2026 regarding carrying out a major action in the near future. Based on the current evidence, no terrorist connection related to the action could be detected, and it was determined that the action was one carried out individually by the perpetrator."

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