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Turkey detains ISIS suspects over planned attacks

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Police in Istanbul have detained five ISIS suspects, some of whom were believed to be planning an attack in Turkey ahead of Sunday's referendum, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Friday.

 

Anadolu said three of the detained people were suspected of planning an attack in the name of ISIS. Two others, including one of Tajik origin, had travelled to "conflict zones" and carried out operations for the jihadist group.

 

ISIS has been blamed for at least half a dozen attacks on civilian targets in Turkey in recent months, including a New Year's Day attack on Istanbul's Reina nightclub which killed 39 people.

 

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