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Turkish police detain over 440 people in anti-ISIS operation

 

ISTANBUL - Turkey's anti-terrorism police have detained over 440 people for alleged links to the Islamic State group, the state-run agency reported Sunday.

 

The Anadolu Agency said 60 ISIS suspects, the vast majority of them foreigners, were taken into custody early Sunday in the capital, Ankara.

 

It said a total of 445 people were detained in simultaneous pre-dawn police operations that spanned several cities, including Istanbul and Gaziantep, near the border with Syria.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 02.05.17, 16:33