In a bizarre incident, three teens were murdered whose names appeared in an anonymous hit list on Facebook.
Two of the killings happened on August 15th, according to CNN.
Two days after the incident, a hit list containing the names 69 people in the south-western Columbian town of Puerto Asis was posted on Facebook. A statement warning the 69 people to leave the town within 3 days or face execution accompanied the hit list.
The name of the of the murdered teens were featured among the 69 names posted on August 17th.
This incident have created a panic among the parents of those named in the list, prompting many people to flee from the town.
Local authorities have taken into consideration about a local criminal gang
called Los Rastrojos.
The person responsible for the death threats against the son of Colombian president Alvaro Uribe on Facebook has been identified and arrested with the help Facebook and the FBI.
Judicial police commander Luis Ramirez says the man was arrested Tuesday on the outskirts of Colombia’s capital, Bogota. The suspect’s name was not officially released.
The man reportedly posted a very clear death threat against the Colombian president’s son back in July this year on Facebook, “I promise to kill Jeronimo Alberto Uribe, son of Alvaro Uribe.”
The American FBI helped the Colombian intelligence use Facebook to locate the accuse by determining the IP address of the computer from which the threats were made. The investigation lead to the arrest of a youth, allegedly a college student, on Tuesday Night.
This is not the first arrest made possible by Facebook. Barely a week back, a victim traced her attacker through Facebook and we have many more such stories. You are not entirely anonymous behind the screen, so beware of what you do on these sites. Brush up your online etiquette, as you never know when a message meant for fun or a joke might turn ugly.
[Source : Fox News, Colombia Reports]
