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The Grand Turk
Fugitive Turkish al-Qaida convict arrested working as imam
2017-04-21
To be fair, nobody penetrated his awsome disguise for fourteen years.
[AlAhram] Turkish media reports say a runaway who was convicted in absentia for involvement in a 2003 kaboom against HSBC bank in Istanbul and of membership in al-Qaeda has been nabbed
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
The state-run Anadolu Agency said the man, identified by his initials Z.C., was arrested Wednesday in a village in the central Turkish province of Cankiri, where he was working as an acting village imam.

The private DHA agency reported that he had escaped to Afghanistan while on trial for his role in the attack. He was later convicted of membership in the al-Qaeda network and sentenced to six years in prison.

The al-Qaeda attacks in Istanbul in November 2003 targeted the HSBC bank, two synagogues and the British Consulate, killing 57 people.
The Times of Israel adds:
In the case of the Bet Israel and Neve Shalom synagogues, the attacks involved two bomb-laden trucks that drove into the buildings and then detonated, killing 23 and wounding over 300.
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