Turkish police detain 20 Daesh suspects

By Aziz Aslan

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey

Anti-terrorist police arrested 20 Daesh suspects in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir on Wednesday, a police official said.

The suspects were rounded up in raids launched around 8 a.m. local time (0500GMT) at four locations across the province and documents were seized, the official said on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media.

The operation was initiated by the provincial prosecutor’s office. Two other suspects are being sought as part of the investigation.

The raids are not thought to be connected to the death of a Diyarbakir man in Ankara early Wednesday who was suspected of planning a suicide bomb attack in the capital.

Turkey has suffered numerous suicide bomb attacks over the past 12 months and three police officers were killed in an explosion on Sunday as they raided an address linked to Daesh terrorists in Gaziantep, southern Turkey.

The terror group is being targeted in Syria by Turkey, which in August launched an operation to clear Daesh from the border region.

By Aziz Aslan

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey

Anti-terrorist police arrested 20 Daesh suspects in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir on Wednesday, a police official said.

The operation was initiated by the provincial prosecutor’s office. Two other suspects are being sought as part of the investigation.

The raids are not thought to be connected to the death of a Diyarbakir man in Ankara early Wednesday who was suspected of planning a suicide bomb attack in the capital.

The terror group is being targeted in Syria by Turkey, which in August launched an operation to clear Daesh from the border region.