Turkish police detained two alleged members of the Islamic State terrorist organization (a banned organization in Russia), which was planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Istanbul on New Year’s Eve. newspaper reports Morning.
According to the newspaper, the man codenamed Abu Maimouna, known as an expert on handmade explosives, made numerous objections on social media.
Police found that the militants had received instructions from IS and were planning a “bloody” attack using explosives.
On the evening of 31 December, two suspects, one from Uzbekistan and the other from Tajikistan, tried to get away from the police following them in the Başakşehir district of Istanbul, but the law enforcement officers opened fire. the wheels of their car.
While one of the detainees was taken into custody, deportation proceedings were initiated against a citizen of Uzbekistan.
In Istanbul on the night of January 1, 2017 dead major terrorist attack. 39 people were killed and 69 injured in the attack on the Reina club.