Families Challenge Release, School Attacker’s Mother Detained in Mersinli Case
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- A court in Kahramanmaraş ordered the arrest of Pınar Peyman Mersinli after the families of nine students and one teacher challenged her release.
- Mersinli had been released by majority decision after the first hearing in the case involving the Ayser Çalık Middle School attack.
- Authorities later detained her in Osmaniye.
Pınar Peyman Mersinli, the mother of school attacker İsa Aras Mersinli, was detained in Osmaniye after a court overturned the effect of her release and issued an arrest order.
The case concerns the attack at Ayser Çalık Middle School in Kahramanmaraş, in which nine students and one teacher died. The first hearing lasted about 16 hours.
At that hearing, the court released Mersinli by majority decision. She had been held in Kayseri and was released there overnight.
The families of the victims appealed through their lawyer to the Kahramanmaraş 4th High Criminal Court. After considering the appeal, the court issued an order for Mersinli’s arrest. She was subsequently located and detained in Osmaniye.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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