bne IntelliNews – Death by electrocution of two who stepped in puddle causes widespread anger in Turkey [Video]

The fatal electrocution of two people who stepped into a puddle in Turkey has caused widespread anger in the country.

Security camera video footage showing the tragic deaths of 23-old woman Ozge Ceren Deniz, a fifth-year medical student, and 44-year-old man Inanc Oktemay—who attempted to help Deniz—quickly spread across social media.

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Poignantly, as Turks reflected on the distressing incident, a 2014 social media post from Oktemay, in which he quoted Albert Camus as remarking “One of the ways to understand a country is to know how people die there”, resurfaced.

The deaths led to calls for those responsible for the incident in Konak, Izmir, western Turkey, to give an accounting in court for their alleged negligence. Most of those on social networks who reacted to the tragedy that took place amid a downpour pointed the finger at local authority and electricity utility officials.

Eyewitness 58-year-old Isa Yaman told ANKA News …