Turkish police are on the move.
Turkey is still reeling over two school shootings in two days, but the authorities are enacting a crackdown on people allegedly praising or spreading fake news online about the shootings.
On Tuesday (14), a former student opened fire at a high school in the southeastern district of Siverek, injuring 16 people, and just a day later, nine people died in a second school shooting in the southern province of Kahramanmaras.
Turkey orders mass arrests over online praise for recent school shootings➡️https://t.co/OoOYDx0joopic.twitter.com/8pKUufRPu7
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“Turkish authorities have detained more than 160 people on charges ranging from spreading misleading information to praising two deadly school shootings this week online, the justice minister said Thursday.
Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said 95 people had been taken into custody and 35 more suspects were being sought. Access to 1,104 social media accounts had been blocked, he added in a post on X.”
After two school shootings in two days, Turkish police place all schools under heavy guard
At least two armed officers are now stationed at every educational institution
In some cities, drones are monitoring the situation around schoolshttps://t.co/paYCNwi03fpic.twitter.com/HfB9fxOo8R
Source: The Gateway Pundit
