Turkey has
blocked access to Twitter and YouTube after they refused a request to
remove pictures of a prosecutor held during an armed siege last week.
A
Turkish court imposed the blocks because images of the deadly siege
were being shared on social media and 'deeply upset' the wife and
children of Mehmet Selim Kiraz, the hostage who was killed.
The
46-year-old Turkish prosecutor died in hospital when members of the
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) stormed a
courthouse and took him hostage.
The DHKP-C is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the European Union and US.
A Turkish court
has blocked access to Twitter and YouTube after they refused a request
to remove pictures of prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz held during an armed
siege last week
Grief: The family of Mehmet Selim
Kiraz grieve over his coffin during his funeral at Eyup Sultan Mosque in
Istanbul, Turkey. He died in hospital after he was taken hostage by the
far-left organisation
Two of his captors were killed when security forces took back the building where the far-left group was holding him.
Gunshots were heard and smoke could be seen rising from the scene at the end of the six-hour stand-off.
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