Police hold 28 suspects in al-Qaeda operation
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Nisan 10, 2009 00:00
ANKARA - Anti-terror police yesterday detained 28 people on suspicion that they had links to the al-Qaeda network, the Anatolia news agency reported, quoting the local governor.
The suspects were rounded up in simultaneous operations in several districts in the western city of Eskişehir, Governor Mehmet Kılıçlar told Anatolia, refusing to elaborate for the sake of the investigation.
The suspects, currently being questioned by police, will in the coming days appear before a court which will decide whether to charge or release them.
Last month, a newspaper reported that Ankara had received U.S. intelligence that al-Qaeda militants could be plotting attacks on foreign targets in Turkey.
A Turkish cell of al-Qaeda was held responsible for truck bombs against two synagogues, the British consulate and a British bank in Istanbul in 2003, which killed 63 people and left hundreds injured.
Seven men were jailed for life in 2007 over the bombings, among them a Syrian national who masterminded and financed the attacks.
In January, a suspected al-Qaeda militant was killed and three others captured in a shootout with the police in Istanbul after the group attempted to rob a post office.
The suspects, currently being questioned by police, will in the coming days appear before a court which will decide whether to charge or release them.
Last month, a newspaper reported that Ankara had received U.S. intelligence that al-Qaeda militants could be plotting attacks on foreign targets in Turkey.
A Turkish cell of al-Qaeda was held responsible for truck bombs against two synagogues, the British consulate and a British bank in Istanbul in 2003, which killed 63 people and left hundreds injured.
Seven men were jailed for life in 2007 over the bombings, among them a Syrian national who masterminded and financed the attacks.
In January, a suspected al-Qaeda militant was killed and three others captured in a shootout with the police in Istanbul after the group attempted to rob a post office.