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Turkey detains 42 suspected militants in raids

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ANKARA -- Turkish police on Friday detained 42 people over suspected militant links in operations across two separate provinces, security sources and media said.

 

Police detained 22 suspected Islamic State militants in operations across the eastern province of Elazig, security sources said.

 

Separately, police detained another 20 people in the southern province of Adana over alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the state-run Anadolu news agency said. It said authorities were still seeking 10 suspects.

 

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