New details emerge in Kahramanmaraş school attack: Perpetrator broadcast live on Telegram

A student, İsa Aras Mersinli, killed one teacher and nine students at a school in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, using firearms belonging to his father, a detained police inspector. Digital traces indicate Mersinli may have broadcast the attack live on Telegram during a video group chat. The investigation has also uncovered international connections, with an IP address from Belgium linked to the chat and a child in the UK reportedly seeking advice from Mersinli on a similar attack, though the child was apprehended before acting.

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Digital traces have been reached indicating that İsa Aras Mersinli, who massacred 9 students and 1 teacher in Kahramanmaraş, opened a video chat/live broadcast on Telegram before leaving home.

The probe, led by a Turkish Grand National Assembly commission examining school incidents and digital risks in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş, heard testimony from officials, including Kahramanmaraş Police Chief Hasan Yiğit. His report detailed findings that Mersinli initiated a video chat on Telegram's "Konata Izumi" group shortly before leaving home for the attack.

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An IP address connecting from Belgium was detected in the video chat, and it was reported that a child in England asked Mersinli for 'advice' by sending him a map of their school for a similar attack.

Separately, the investigation into a school attack in Siverek, where Ömer Ket killed students, highlighted alleged negligence by the police. According to writer İsmail Saymaz, Ket had repeatedly posted his intention to attack on the school's Instagram page. Despite this, the school administration reportedly alerted the police, but insufficient measures were taken. Ket had initially planned the attack for April 20, Hitler's birthday. Both Mersinli and Ket shared common traits, including Telegram usage, interest in war games, and admiration for Hitler.

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Ket had written on the school's Instagram page that he would carry out an attack, and although the school administration applied to the Police Department, the necessary measures were not taken.