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18:12, 26-Dec-2017
Turkey arrests 12 ISIL-linked suspects planning New Year attacks
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Turkish security forces on Tuesday arrested 12 ISIL-linked suspects, who the authorities said were planning to carry out attacks during New Year's celebrations, reported state news agency Anadolu.
The arrests were made during anti-terror operations in a southern province of Turkey.
Anti-terror police carried out simultaneous raids on several addresses in Adana, said the report, citing a police official.
Twelve suspects, including two Syrians, were arrested during the operations.
An injured woman is carried to an ambulance from a nightclub where a gun attack took place during a New Year party in Istanbul, Turkey. /Reuters Photo
An injured woman is carried to an ambulance from a nightclub where a gun attack took place during a New Year party in Istanbul, Turkey. /Reuters Photo
Police confiscated digital materials and other documents discovered during the raids, according to Daily Sabah.
So far more than 300 people have lost their lives in ISIL-claimed attacks in Turkey, where the terror groups targeted civilians with suicide bombings, and rocket and gun attacks.
Turkey suffered a bloody 2017 New Year attack. An ISIL-linked gunman killed 39 people in an elite Istanbul nightclub.
Turkish security forces have stepped up a campaign to thwart ISIL attacks across the country.