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Turkish court frees last suspects in Hezbollah case

Türkiye Materials 18 October 2011 02:17 (UTC +04:00)
An Istanbul court set free six suspects in the hearing of Hezbollah terrorist organization case on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported.
Turkish court frees last suspects in Hezbollah case

An Istanbul court set free six suspects in the hearing of Hezbollah terrorist organization case on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported.

Six suspects including Mehmet Bahattin Temel, who is alleged head of Hezbollah in Turkey, and Haci Inan were released by Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court in Hezbollah case.

With release of six, there is no suspect under arrest in the case.

Hezbollah emerged in the late 1980s during fighting between Kurdish separatist guerrillas and Turkish troops. It killed scores of people, targeting mainly Kurdish separatist rebel sympathizers.

Turkish Hezbollah has no links to the Lebanese Shi'ite group. It was broken up and its leaders were arrested in 2000 after police unearthed the bodies of more than 60 people the group had tortured to death in raids across the country.

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