Turkish Police Dismantles ’ISIS’ Cell in Ankara

Local Editor

Turkish security forces arrested 16 suspected members of the Takfiri "ISIS" terrorist group who formed a cell to carry out a major terrorist attack in the capital, Ankara.

Police sources reported that the group's ringleader, a Turkish national, was arrested during a raid on a cafe on Ankara's bustling and shop-lined Tunali Hilmi Street.
However, the rest were detained in separate operations across the Cubuk, Polatli, and Sincan neighborhoods of the capital.

Relatively, the report came on the same day that a deadly terrorist attack was carried out in Istanbul. Nabil Fadli, a 28-year-old "ISIS" militant of Syrian origin, who was born in Saudi Arabia in 1988, blew himself up after blending into a tourist group of 33 German citizens on a visit to the Obelisk of Theodosius in Sultanahmet Square of Istanbul.

At least 10 foreign nationals, most of them Germans, lost their lives while 15 other people, including twelve Germans, a Turk, a Peruvian and a Norwegian, were wounded in the attack.

Following the attack, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the international community to demonstrate strong determination in the fight against terrorism.
"International terrorism has once again showed itself, with its horrible and inhuman face," Merkel told a news conference in Berlin.

"This attack also shows us the necessity to confront terrorism in a resolute way," she added.

For his part, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier also warned all German citizens in Turkey to avoid crowds and tourist sites.

Meanwhile, reports come as Turkey has been accused of aiding and abetting militant groups operating in Syria, with reports saying that Ankara actively trains and arms the Takfiri militants there, and facilitates their safe passage into the Arab country.

Turkish opposition media accused Ankara of such support for the militants. In one instance, footage provided by Turkish opposition media implicated Turkish Intelligence Service [MIT] in ensuring safe passage into Syria for the group's terrorists.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team