October 17 Movement chat administrators only Siher and his wife
Youssef Siher and his wife investigated for managing social channels used to organize protests
Quick Look
- The researcher Youssef Siher and his wife are under investigation in Milan for incitement to crime and terrorism.
- They managed Telegram and Instagram channels with 150 thousand subscribers, used to coordinate protests in eight cities, blocked by the postal police and Digos.
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Why It Matters
Youssef Siher and his wife are accused of using social channels to coordinate protests in eight Italian cities.
Youssef Siher, the researcher arrested yesterday by Milan prosecutors for incitement to crime and terrorism, and his wife, under investigation for the same crimes, were the only two who could write on the Telegram chat "October 17 Movement" and on the Instagram profile of the same name.
They would therefore be the only authors of the post in which they gave directions to the demonstrators of the 8 cities in which they had organized the protests yesterday and which never arrived due to the intervention of the postal police and Digos. Between Telegram and Instagram those indications could have reached 150 thousand people: 100 thousand on Telegram, 50 thousand on Instagram.
Open Questions
- What were the specific contents of the posts published?
- What evidence links the posts to terrorist purposes?
