About an hour ago there was an explosion in İstiklal Street, #Istanbul. According to the early information and images there were several casualties and likely a bomb dropped in a bag.
But right now we can’t have more information because government media watchdog banned any news about it and according to my OONI Probe test results from couple mins ago, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube access is blocked in #Turkey.
Based on the tests I made from both my home internet and mobile, it’s clear that once again they’re bandwidth throttle all major social media and messaging services in Turkey.
If they follow the same path, it’ll stay that way for a while, usually when they are ready to make an official statement. But in the meantime, people will start spreading wild conspiracy theories.
@ahmetasabanci is there any rational speculstion yet? I.e. based on possible use of female bomber, type of explosive, etc?
We all know who the most convenient perpetrators would be from a gov't perspective, I think, but wouldn't it be nice if there was some concrete evidence in...
@ahmetasabanci perhaps because there is a genuinely remarkable amount of live footage? There is direct street cam footage of the actual explosion already here on Mastidon. Plus aerial drone footage of the site is already up.
Tbh and it might be too much benefit of doubt, they may be blocking that stuff to try to avoid a follow-up attacl on first responders.
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