Turkey clamps down on online praise after school shootings
TL;DR
Turkish authorities detained over 160 people and blocked about 1,100 social-media accounts for praising or spreading misinformation about two deadly school shootings, including a Siverek incident that wounded 16; investigators say accounts targeted schools and potential attacks, as teachers’ unions protested and Erdogan pledged a full investigation.
- Turkey orders mass arrests over online praise for recent school shootings France 24
- School shootings a new trauma for Turkey as nation mourns BBC
- Student kills 9 in Turkey’s second school shooting in 2 days AP News
- Turkish school shooter used image referencing 2014 U.S. mass killer, police say Reuters
- ‘Endless grief’: Turkiye mourns victims of second school shooting in a week Al Jazeera
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