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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey arrests scores of ISIS suspects in country-wide counter-terror raids |
| 2017-07-02 |
| [RUDAW.NET] An estimated 190 suspects linked to ISIS have been arrested across Turkey in June alone, according to state-run Anadolu Agency, citing security officials. Twenty of 188 suspects, including foreigners, were remanded in custody to be tried on various charges. Some planned attacks were foiled during counter-terrorism raids across the country's population centres of Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara, and Gaziantep, the agency added. On June 19, a Turkish court sentenced two Iraqi nationals for links with ISIS, according to a police source. Four Azerbaijani nationals and one Bosnian were arrested on June 15 while trying to cross into Turkey from war-torn Syria. The bulk of the detainees were wanted by Interpol. In the course of Turkish security operations, a senior ISIS member named Abu Hanzala was arrested. Weapons, documents, and ammunition were also seized during the raids. |
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