Senior ISIS member arrested in Turkey
high-ranking member of Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS) has been arrested by Turkish police, the country’s interior minister has said. Some “important plans” have been seized along with the terrorist.
The announcement was made by Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu on Tuesday. In a Twitter post, the official described the detained individual as an “ISIS emir,” revealing that “important plans” of some sort have been taken from the militant.
The minister elaborated on the matter a short time later, naming the suspect as Mahmut Ozden.
“He had been constantly receiving orders from both Iraq and Syria to carry out an attack in Turkey,” Soylu said.