Threat in the game Valorant! 'I will cut off your head like the woman who died today'

As sexual abuse and femicides rise in Turkey, a male player with the username "Kaen#BEST" in the game Valorant sparked outrage on social media by hurling threats at a female player named Yağmur. Referring to İkbal Uzuner, who was murdered by Semih Çelik, the player said, "I will kill you by cutting off your head like the woman who died today," and was subsequently exposed by Yağmur.

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Threat in the game Valorant! 'I will cut off your head like the woman who died today'

Turkey is waking up almost every day to new instances of depravity, such as sexual abuse and femicide. Most recently, a video spread on social media showing a computer gamer who normalized the actions of the murderer Semih Çelik and threatened a female player named Yağmur.

MURDERER SEMIH ÇELIK TOOK THE LIVES OF TWO YOUNG WOMEN

Semih Çelik dismembered the body of İkbal Uzuner on the Edirnekapı walls in Istanbul's Fatih district on Friday. He decapitated the young woman and threw her head in front of her mother. The mother's cries broke hearts. The murderer then jumped from the walls and died. It was revealed that about half an hour before this incident, he had killed Ayşenur Halil by slitting her throat.

CHILLING THREAT IN THE GAME VALORANT

Now, in the widely played game Valorant in Turkey, a male player with the username "Kaen#BEST" hurled heavy insults at a young woman named Yağmur and threatened to kill her. While the player Yağmur was streaming, the male player said, "I will kill you by cutting off your head like the woman who died today."