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The two individuals, including a police officer, have been remanded in custody. Meanwhile, the mayor has denied any involvement in the attack.

Sinan Aygül had tweeted about allegations of child abuse against security, but deleted the tweets a few hours later, apologizing for sharing unconfirmed information.

The Bitlis-based journalist said he wouldn't defend himself at the court "not to legitimize the censorship law."

The journalist tweeted about an alleged case of child abuse involving a military officer. He later apologized for reacting rapidly to the allegations without knowing the details.

"My client took this decision not to pay the judicial fine and not accepting optional sanctions so that he can expose this sentence," his lawyer has said.

The journalist was previously given a deferred prison sentence. A court has fined him violating the conditions of deferral.

A local journalist was given a prison sentence after revealing an incident of child abuse in eastern Turkey.

A local journalist has been sentenced to prison for reporting on an incident of child abuse.