28 Mar 2024
Wednesday 30 December 2015 - 18:22
Story Code : 194678

Turkey detains 2 Daesh suspects for plotting attacks in Ankara

Turkish police have arrested two suspected members of Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, who were allegedly planning bomb attacks in the capital, Ankara, on New Years Eve.

The two suspects were detained in the Mamak district on the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday, Turkish NTV television reported.

They are suspected of being affiliated with Daesh and were planning an attack on the New Year in Ankara, said an official on condition of anonymity.

Turkey has been on high security alert since more than 100 people were killed in twin blasts in Ankara on October 10. The attack was blamed on Daesh terrorists.

Ankara has been among the main supporters of the militant groups operating in Syria, which has been grappling with a foreign-backed crisis since March 2011.

A member of the militant group recently captured by Syrian Kurdish fighters said Turkey has long been training members of the Daesh terror group in camps on itssoil.

In an interview with the Russia-based Sputnik International, Abdurrahman Abdulhadisaid he had received training ata camp in the Turkish city of Adana before carrying outhis first terror mission as a Daesh member.

Turkey has been alsoaccused on numerous occasions of being involved in illegal oil trade with Dash terrorists. Earlier this month, Russia released pictures and videos purportedly showingthe movement of oil tankers from Daesh-controlled areas in Syria toward Turkey.

By Press TV
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