Turkish police have arrested 9 international nationals affiliated with the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group throughout anti-terror operations within the capital Ankara, safety sources mentioned on Wednesday.
Police groups performed simultaneous anti-terror operations to arrest 10 suspects over their hyperlinks to the terrorist group, in response to the sources who requested anonymity attributable to restrictions on chatting with the media.
The operation was initiated over the suspicion that the suspects had been in battle zones and carried out actions for the terrorist group Daesh/ISIS up to now years, the sources mentioned.
The arrests have been made within the operations carried out throughout Ankara, and the remaining suspect is sought by the police, the sources added.
Separately, police arrested one other Daesh/ISIS suspect within the Didim District of Türkiye’s Aegean province of Aydın.
The suspect solely recognized with the initials A.P. was launched on probation.
In 2013, Türkiye grew to become one of many first international locations to declare Daesh/ISIS a terrorist group.
The nation has since been attacked by the fear group a number of instances, with over 300 individuals killed and a whole lot extra injured in a minimum of 10 suicide bombings, seven bomb assaults, and 4 armed assaults.
In response, Türkiye launched anti-terror operations at dwelling and overseas to stop additional assaults.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
