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| The Grand Turk |
| 51 ISIS suspects detained in Turkey |
| 2024-04-01 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Turkish security authorities detained 51 suspects in the country suspected of involvement in the Islamic State group (a terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation), Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic Ali Erlikaya announced on March 31 on the social network H. “Fifty-one people were detained as a result of a four-day operation against IS in 21 provinces,” he wrote. According to him, special operations were carried out, including in Istanbul and Antalya. During the searches, a large number of documents from the group were confiscated from the detainees. As reported by IA Regnum, on January 28, unknown persons attacked the Catholic Church of St. Mary in the Sariyer district of Istanbul. One person was killed and two were injured. The attack occurred during a Sunday service. Two masked men burst into the church building and opened fire. There were about 50 people in the temple. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Erlikaya said that two of the suspects in the attack were foreigners. According to Yerlikai, both foreign national suspects are believed to be members of the Islamic State. Related: Sariyer district: 2024-01-29 Elderly worshiper shot dead in ISIS-claimed attack on church in Istanbul, 47 detained including the Russian and Tajik shooters Sariyer district: 2017-01-28 Turkish man sentenced to 25 years for raping a 16-year-old Ukrainian model Sariyer district: 2015-08-11 Turkish police shot militant attacking US Consulate in Istanbul Deprecated: pg_query(): Automatic fetching of PostgreSQL connection is deprecated in /var/www/html/rantburg/ajax/refsloc.php on line 44 |
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