Turkey seizes al-Qaeda suspects

ANKARA. October 28. KAZINFORM Police in Turkey have arrested 12 people suspected of links to Islamist militant network al-Qaeda in Istanbul and Van province, local media report; Kazinform refers to BBC News.

They picked up the suspects in two simultaneous operations and are holding them on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks, officials said.

Weapons, bomb-making items, explosives and digital devices were found.

While Turkey has a history of terrorist attacks, al-Qaeda is not thought to have a strong presence there.

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