Turkey’s Interior Ministry has said that 28 terrorists were captured in operations held in the past one week among them a suspect who was believed to be trained as a suicide bomber. According to a statement released, one terrorist was captured dead, whereas 21 others were captured alive and six other surrendered to security forces.
One of the suspected terrorists includes Demet Yaşar, who was on the blue category of Turkey’s terror blacklist with a 1.5 million Turkish lira ($398,000) bounty on her head. Yaşar, whose name was mentioned by Turkish media outlets as a suspected Daesh militant trained for suicide bombing, was also being sought by an Interpol red notice.
Dozens of firearms and ammunition were seized in the operations, in addition to illegal drugs, smuggled cigarettes and millions of liras-worth of fuel. In addition, 311 others were detained for terrorism propaganda on social media related to the Operation Olive Branch in Syria’s Afrin, the statement noted.
