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Istanbul police detain over 50 IS members

Türkiye Materials 25 May 2018 18:50 (UTC +04:00)
Fifty-one members of the "Islamic State" (IS) terrorist organization were detained during a special operation carried out by Istanbul’s police, the Turkish media reported May 25.
Istanbul police detain over 50 IS members

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 25

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

Fifty-one members of the "Islamic State" (IS) terrorist organization were detained during a special operation carried out by Istanbul’s police, the Turkish media reported May 25.

Reportedly, operations were conducted in 16 districts of Istanbul to detain terrorists.

Among the detainees are foreigners whose citizenship has not been disclosed.

Syrian citizen Riad Haji Osman, one of the IS executioners, was detained during a special operation in Turkey’s Adana province on April 13.

Kifah Bashir Hussein, the so-called minister of health of IS, was detained in Sanliurfa province on Jan. 24.

On Jan. 12, the Turkish police detained the so-called minister of agriculture of IS, Tarik Ahmet.

In December 2017, 28-year-old terrorist nicknamed Mahmud, one of the IS executioners, was detained in Turkey’s Hatay province on the border with Syria.

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