Turkish authorities stated Friday they’ve apprehended a suspected ISIS member who was planning assaults on celebrations ushering within the new yr. It comes a day after the prosecutor’s workplace stated authorities carried out raids after which detained over 100 individuals linked to the militant group.
A day earlier, prosecutor’s workplace stated dozens of suspects additionally detained
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Turkish authorities stated Friday they’ve apprehended a suspected member of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who was planning assaults on celebrations ushering within the new yr.
State-run Anadolu Company reported Ibrahim Burtakucin was captured in a joint operation carried out by police and the Nationwide Intelligence Company within the southeastern metropolis of Malatya.
Safety officers instructed Anadolu that Burtakucin was involved with many ISIS sympathizers in Turkey and overseas, and was searching for a possibility to hitch the continued preventing in battle zones.
Authorities additionally seized digital supplies and banned publications belonging to ISIS through the raid of his house.
The arrest was reported a day after Istanbul’s prosecutor’s workplace stated Turkish authorities carried out simultaneous raids through which they detained over 100 suspected members of the militant group who had been allegedly planning assaults at vacation celebrations.
Istanbul police obtained info that ISIS members had deliberate assaults in opposition to non-Muslims specifically, the workplace stated on X.
In raids on 124 locations in Turkey’s capital, 115 of the 137 suspects being sought had been captured, and a number of other pistols and items of ammunition had been seized, it added.
