Thursday, March 3, 2016

Turkey on high alert over possible ISIS terror threat

Turkey has been put on high alert following a warning by the intelligence agency of possible terror attacks by the Islamic State (IS) militants, Turkish media reported on Wednesday.

"Turkish intelligent units have revealed that two IS suicide bombers, illegally crossing the border into the country, have been planning to conduct terror attacks in Turkey," the Haberturk daily reported.

According to the report, the two militants were expected to meet with a Syrian citizen in Turkey's southeastern province of Kahramanmaras.

The intel agency, while distributing the photos of the two IS militants to all the units in the country, had requested security forces to review the security measures throughout the country, the report said.

Ankara, Istanbul and other Turkish cities have come under deadly terror attacks over the past months, with the latest one hitting Ankara, the national capital, on Feb. 17, in which 29 people were killed, mostly military personnel.

In January, an IS militant blew himself up in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet Square, killing 11 German tourists.

Turkey also blamed the IS for twin suicide bombings in Ankara in October last year, which claimed 102 lives and injured hundreds more.

A new wave of terror attacks has been hitting Iraq, Libya and other Middle Eastern countries in recent days.
 [Xinhua -china.org.cn]
2/3/16

1 comment :

  1. La police turque a abattu jeudi deux femmes non identifiées qui avaient attaqué dans la matinée un poste de police dans le district de Bayrampasa à Istanbul, sans faire de victime selon un bilan initial, ont rapporté les médias locaux...

    Les deux assaillantes, dont les identités n'ont pas été immédiatement révélées, ont été "neutralisées" dans un immeuble où elles s'étaient retranchées après leur attaque, a précisé l'agence de presse progouvernementale Anatolie en citant une source policière.

    Plusieurs grenades

    Selon l'agence de presse Dogan, ces deux femmes ont lancé plusieurs grenades puis ouvert le feu contre le quartier général stambouliote des unités de la police anti-émeute. Les fonctionnaires ont riposté et blessé une des deux assaillantes, a précisé l'agence.

    Les médias turcs ont diffusé des images vidéo les montrant ouvrant le feu à l'arme automatique sur un bus de la police.

    La Turquie vit depuis plusieurs mois en état d'alerte permanente depuis une série d'attentats meurtriers sur son sol.
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    3/3/16

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