Turkeys Nationwide Intelligence Organization (MIT) said the suspect, whom it’s miles named Viskhan Soltamatov, became as soon as believed to be the foremost resolve gradual the Jan. 28, 2024 assault
Reuters
15 September, 2024, 01:50 pm
Final modified: 15 September, 2024, 02:01 pm
Turkish authorities dangle arrested an Islamic Order militant believed to be interested by planning an assault on the Santa Maria Italian Church in Istanbul earlier this 365 days, the country’s intelligence company said on Saturday.
The Nationwide Intelligence Organization (MIT) said the suspect, whom it’s miles named Viskhan Soltamatov, became as soon as believed to be the foremost resolve gradual the Jan. 28, 2024 assault. He became as soon as detained by MIT and police for the duration of a joint operation in Istanbul, the company said.
MIT said Soltamatov became as soon as additionally believed to dangle provided the weapon aged within the assault.
One Turkish citizen became as soon as killed by two Islamic Order gunmen at the Italian Santa Maria Catholic Church in Istanbul in January.
The church assault became as soon as orchestrated by IS-linked operatives from the crew’s Khorasan Province (ISKP), a faction full of life in Afghanistan. In April, Turkey had arrested forty eight of us believed to be linked to the assault.
