Turkey detains 68 IS suspects in nationwide raids

Istanbul: Turkey has detained 68 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in raids across the country, state media said on Wednesday. The arrests were made after an IS suicide bomber killed 10 people in central Istanbul on Tuesday, but the reports did not make clear if there was any connection. Sixty-five people were detained yesterday in raids in Ankara; Izmir on the Aegean; the Syrian border town of Kilis; Sanliurfa close to Syria; Mersin on the Mediterranean; and the southern city of Adana, the Anatolia news agency said. In Ankara, the authorities detained 16 people who were suspected of planning a major attack in the capital, the report said. The 21 people detained in Sanliurfa were also planning an attack at an unspecified location in Turkey, it added. (PTI)