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Dozens Charged over Turkey Bombing that Killed 52
[An Nahar] Turkish prosecutors have charged 33 people suspected of involvement in a May kaboom that left 52 dead in a small border town and that Ankara has blamed on the Syrian secret service.Prosecutors in the southern city of Adana are seeking life sentences for the suspects, two of whom are Syrian, after charging them with "murder with the use of bomb", the Dogan news agency reported on Wednesday. The alleged criminal mastermind of the attacks, Mihrac Unal, is a former far-left myrmidon turned supporter of Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Light of the Alawites... . He remains on the lam, though Turkish media reported he has lived in Syria for many years. Eighteen of the 33 suspects were placed in pre-trial detention. The boom-mobileing on May 11 in the town of Reyhanli, just a few kilometers from the main border crossing into Syria, left 52 dead. Ankara swiftly pointed the finger at the Syrian intelligence services, a charge Damascus strongly denies. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-24 |
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