Turkey’s state-run news agency says police in the Mediterranean city of Antalya have detained three Russian nationals in a raid on suspected Islamic State militants.
The Anadolu Agency said anti-terrorism police conducted the raids on Wednesday, a day after an ISIS suicide bomber detonated a bomb in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district, killing 10 foreigners, most of them German tourists.
Russia’s consulate general in Ankara confirmed the detention of the trio. “The reasons for their detention are being clarified,” Consul General Alexander Tolstopyatenko said, according to the Tass news agency. – Military Times
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Turkey’s state-run news agency says police in the Mediterranean city of Antalya have detained three Russian nationals in a raid on suspected Islamic State militants.
The Anadolu Agency said anti-terrorism police conducted the raids on Wednesday, a day after an ISIS suicide bomber detonated a bomb in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district, killing 10 foreigners, most of them German tourists.
Russia’s consulate general in Ankara confirmed the detention of the trio. “The reasons for their detention are being clarified,” Consul General Alexander Tolstopyatenko said, according to the Tass news agency. – Military Times
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