35 detained in ISIL operation in Turkey’s south
ADANA
The police carried out the simultaneous operation with armored vehicles on the addresses and conducted searches in the houses, where a number of items related to ISIL were confiscated.
A total of 20 of the detained suspects had been released on Aug. 4 by the court after being detained in an earlier ISIL operation in Adana.
The detained suspects went through security checks, as one of them shouted, “Be honest, don’t be hypocrites.”
The 20 ISIL suspects were detained in an operation against the jihadist group in Adana on Aug. 4, including the group’s senior figures.
Counter-terrorism police conducted simultaneous raids on 22 different addresses in various neighborhoods, after a tip-off that ISIL cells were in preparation for attacks.
Memory sticks, computers and equipment containing organizational documents were seized during the raids.
Turkey has been on high alert after being rocked by a series of suicide and car bomb attacks allegedly perpetrated by the group that have claimed many lives and wounded hundreds.