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It was all muscle language and boasting, says his lawyer Priya Soekhai. “It was not my intention to write such texts,” says Yavuz O. (22) about his threatening statements on the chat channel. “I’m looking for friendship, I’ve never had real friends. I shouldn’t have handled it this way, I’m very confused with myself. I said it all reluctantly actually.”
Yavuz O. is suspected of threats, incitement and intelligence gathering for a terrorist crime. He threatened to shoot Rutte in a public Telegram channel, among other things, and was looking for allies to storm parliament with deadly force. The Public Prosecution Service recently closed this account called the Batavian Republic because of threatening administrators.
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According to the Public Prosecution Service, O. sought, among other things, allies and ‘combatants’ to jointly storm parliament with deadly force. He also talked about ‘shooting’ the ministers and about ‘shooting’ the outgoing Prime Minister when he was on his bike. Search terms for weapons were found on O.’s phone, such as ‘uzi’ and ‘1.62 pistol’. He also searched for ‘professions where you can carry a weapon’.
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On December 5, 2020, he wrote to the Batavian Republic about a ‘C4 bomb’ (a military malleable explosive). „We are gradually moving towards a serious organization, I take it? (…) Yo men, shall I arrange more serious men? (…) Something must be done about this. Because I experience reality with you, I have decided to destroy the old world and be the founder of a thriving new one with you.”
The Amsterdammer has never been in contact with the police before. He suffers from psychological problems and has suicidal thoughts. He is also suspected of WhatsApp fraud, it emerged during the preliminary hearing on Wednesday. The case will not be heard until March next year.
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