Three men at 18, 18 and 19 years of age and resident in the Vejle region has been arrested and charged for having made life threats against ‘anyone in the public service’ on the fast growing social media TikTok.
It informs Sydøstjyllands Police in a press release.
The young men’s homes have been searched in today’s race after several weeks of investigation.
The videos, as those arrested are suspected to have released, allegedly shows among other persons in the public service while performing their work.
the films must be threats made by the use of hashtags and texts with threats and the names of specific officials and emojis with knives.
in addition to the videos with threats has Sydøstjyllands Police also found a number of other videos showing criminal acts. The three men are suspected all the for also to stand behind the releases of the type of videos on TikTok.
Film-bidderne shows, among other things, a sleeping woman on the street, there forulempes, by which are poured beer in addition to her theft from shopping carts, to attempt the theft of a truck, and threats made against a person on the impeller and a diet that smashes a pane.
Carsten Thostrup, vicepolitiinspektør in Sydøstjyllands Police, says that the videos have been shared and like by others, and the counsels he urges people to be with.
the Investigation in sagskomplekset is carried out in close cooperation with the NC3, which is the police’s national centre of cyber crime. NC3 has had the switch for the TikTok, which has helped to secure the videos.
TikTok has been asked to delete the published material.
the Case is investigated now on, until the three men to court, where a final decision is taken in the complex case.
