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| Turkey extradites five Macedonians trying to join Daesh |
| 2016-08-29 |
| [RFE/RL] Turkey has extradited five Macedonians for attempting to join Daesh. Macedonia's Interior Ministry said on August 27 that the five were nabbed by Turkish police, in collaboration with their Macedonian counterparts, two weeks ago in Istanbul. The five were aged between 18 and 24 years old. The ministry said several other people were also captured in the raid in Istanbul. It added that those who were extradited were charged by Macedonian authorities and remain in custody. Over the past year, Macedonia has sentenced 11 people attempting to join Daesh and has charged seven others. Macedonian authorities said 25 of its citizens have been killed fighting with Daesh militants in Syria or Iraq and estimate that another 50 are still fighting there. |
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