Turkey detains 90 people with suspected links to ISIS

Turkey detains 90 people with suspected links to ISIS
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Turkish officials said on Monday they had arrested 90 people with suspected links to the so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, two weeks after a deadly shootout outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul.

According to Euronews, a total of 198 people were detained a day after the 7 April attack in a nationwide sweep against “the terrorist organisation Daesh,” the Arabic acronym for the group.

The 90 other suspects arrested in 24 of Turkey’s provinces include “members of the terrorist organisation,” and people “involved in its financing…and suspects disseminating propaganda,” the interior ministry said.

Authorities have not officially connected these arrests to the shootout outside the Israeli consulate in which two police officers were wounded.

IS had previously carried out attacks in different parts of Turkey.

In 2015, suicide bombers working for the group attacked a peace rally in the capital Ankara, killing 103 people. It was revealed later that police had been warned before the attack but necessary precautions were not taken. Trials related to the attack are still ongoing.