Turkey thwarts Islamic state group’s New Year’s Eve suicide attack plot

Turkish intelligence captured an IS member assigned to carry out suicide attacks in Turkey and Europe, as authorities warned of possible New Year’s Eve attack plots. Ten suspects were detained for financing the network.

Turkey’s national intelligence agency MITcaptured Mehmet Gören, a senior IS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) member assigned to carry out suicide attacks targeting civilians in Turkey, Europe, Pakistan and Afghanistan, security sources said Tuesday.

Gören, operating under the codename “Yahya”, was apprehended in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region and brought to Turkey following intelligence operations, according to sources.

The operation thwarted attack plans targeting Turkey and exposed the organisation’s recruitment network.

Intelligence findings indicated Gören had agreed to carry out suicide attacks and had risen to a managerial position within ISIS-K after operating in training camps along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. He reportedly survived airstrikes targeting IS militants in Pakistan.

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