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Türkiye: mastermind of Istanbul terror attack ‘neutralised’ in Syria

Türkiye: mastermind of Istanbul terror attack ‘neutralised’ in Syria

Fast News

Turkish intelligence items “neutralise” PKK/YPG terrorist Halil Menci, mastermind of final yr’s bombing on Istiklal Avenue, in a pinpoint operation in northern Syria.

A view of Istiklal Avenue decorated with Turkish flags after the deadly terror attack on November 13.
A view of Istiklal Avenue embellished with Turkish flags after the lethal terror assault on November 13.
(AA Archive)

Turkish intelligence forces have neutralised the mastermind of the bomb assault in Istanbul in northern Syria, in response to Anadolu Agency.

Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) killed Halil Menci in a pinpoint operation, media retailers reported citing safety sources on Friday.

Turkish authorities had been on the hunt for Menci, a member of the terrorist group YPG/PKK, who carried out the lethal assault in Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue that killed six individuals and wounded 81 extra on November 13, 2022.

MIT’s particular operations crew had been carefully following Menci after it was realized that he was being protected by the phobia group and was in touch with senior YPG members.

Menci, who directed the perpetrators of the Istanbul bomb assault, Ahlam Albashir and Bilal Hassan, and enabled Hassan to flee overseas, was “neutralised” in northeastern Qamishli metropolis which is below the PYD/YPG management.

In its virtually 40-year terror marketing campaign in opposition to Türkiye, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the US, and the EU – has been chargeable for the deaths of over 40,000 individuals, together with girls, kids, and infants. 

The YPG is the PKK’s Syrian offshoot.

READ MORE: Footage exhibits how Istanbul bomber carried out Sunday’s assault

Source: TRTWorld and businesses

Source: www.trtworld.com