The Turkish police have detained 83 people, blocked 940 accounts on social networks and closed 93 groups on the communication application "Telegram" for publications that negatively affect society and glorify the crime and the criminal. The measures were taken as part of the investigations into the shootings at schools in Kahramanmaraş and Şalurfa, the police announced on their official Facebook profile, BTA reported.
Nine people were killed and thirteen injured after a 14-year-old student at a school in Kahramanmaraş broke into and shot at them yesterday. A day earlier, a 19-year-old former student at a school in Sanliurfa also opened fire at the school, wounding 16 people. Both shooters were found dead.
"83 people were detained and legal action was taken against them after it was established that they shared posts and carried out activities that contained qualifications that glorified the crime and the criminal and had a negative impact on society," the statement on the actions of the law enforcement agencies said.
In addition, measures were taken to block 66 URLs and remove the content published on them after the Kahramanmaraş shooting, Turkish state television TRT Haber reported.
According to the authorities, the URLs in question were distributing provocative content related to the attack via "Telegram". An investigation has also been launched against profiles that shared footage of the shooting via the communication channel. A Telegram group with over 100,000 members that shared footage related to the shooting has been closed.