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| Turkey: More than 50 detained in anti-terror swoop |
| 2009-04-28 |
| [ADN Kronos] Around 50 people were detained in anti-terror raids in six Turkish provinces against an Islamist organisation, state news Anatolian Agency said on Monday. The raids were carried out in the southern provinces of Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Adana, Sanliurfa and two other provinces. Turkey's Dogan News Agency said 13 of the 50 detainees were from Sanliurfa. Shahmeran Sari, the leader of the Turkish Islamist movement Vasat, was detained during the raids, Dogan News Agency reported. Sari had previously served jail time for being the perpetrator of a bomb attack in 1997, killing one person and injuring 22 others. The detained suspects were allegedly launching operations in line with directives from Sari. Vasat is known for having bombed a bible-selling stand in 1998, killing a child and for killing a police chief during a clash in Sanliurfa province in 2000. |
| Posted by:Fred |