Turkey: ongoing mass arrests of suspected members of IK
Seventy-one people believed to belong to the Islamic Republic (IR) were arrested today by the Turkish police in raids carried out in Istanbul and other cities, reported local news agency Dogan, while the army said it arrested 17 militants trying to cross the Syria.
Yesterday, the police launched a series of operations against groups of IK, including a raid on more than a dozen homes in Diyarbakir (south-east), in which seven militants were killed and 12 more were arrested.
Turkish police intensified its operations against the jihadist that organization after the double suicide attack that occurred on October 10 in Ankara with victims of 102 people before march for peace of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples (HDP) and other parties, as well as organizations the Left.
"With yesterday's business prevented an attack greater than that in Ankara. Seizures multiple devices and materials used to manufacture bombs. Executives of the Turkish unit of IK were killed during the operation," said the security official told Reuters.
"A suicide bomber had strapped explosives to his body also was killed in the company before giving the opportunity to attack the security personnel," the official said, as the Athenian Press Agency.
Today, 21 people, including seven children, were arrested in simultaneous raids on houses in Istanbul, Dogan news agency reported the news. Thirty people were arrested in the city of Konya (Iconium) in central Turkey, and another 20 in Kocaeli, an industrial district east of Istanbul, told the Dogan.
In a separate development, the Turkish army said that 17 people who attempted to cross illegally to Syria were arrested in the province of Elmpeili Keeley.
Seventy-one people believed to belong to the Islamic Republic (IR) were arrested today by the Turkish police in raids carried out in Istanbul and other cities, reported local news agency Dogan, while the army said it arrested 17 militants trying to cross the Syria.
Yesterday, the police launched a series of operations against groups of IK, including a raid on more than a dozen homes in Diyarbakir (south-east), in which seven militants were killed and 12 more were arrested.
Turkish police intensified its operations against the jihadist that organization after the double suicide attack that occurred on October 10 in Ankara with victims of 102 people before march for peace of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples (HDP) and other parties, as well as organizations the Left.
"With yesterday's business prevented an attack greater than that in Ankara. Seizures multiple devices and materials used to manufacture bombs. Executives of the Turkish unit of IK were killed during the operation," said the security official told Reuters.
"A suicide bomber had strapped explosives to his body also was killed in the company before giving the opportunity to attack the security personnel," the official said, as the Athenian Press Agency.
Today, 21 people, including seven children, were arrested in simultaneous raids on houses in Istanbul, Dogan news agency reported the news. Thirty people were arrested in the city of Konya (Iconium) in central Turkey, and another 20 in Kocaeli, an industrial district east of Istanbul, told the Dogan.
In a separate development, the Turkish army said that 17 people who attempted to cross illegally to Syria were arrested in the province of Elmpeili Keeley.