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Turkey: 4 Iraqis arrested over links to Daesh

March 2, 2020 at 8:00 pm

Locals view the parts of a damaged vehicle after a car bomb attack targeted Tahrir Square in Iraq’s Baghdad amid anti-government protests ongoing since October, on November 15, 2019. At least four people were killed and 20 injured in the attack. [Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency]

A Turkish court on Monday remanded in custody four Iraqi nationals after they were arrested for their alleged links to Daesh terrorist group, judicial sources told Anadolu Agency.

The suspects were arrested by the provincial gendarmerie command and intelligence officials on Feb. 27 in simultaneous operations held in different parts of the country’s northern Corum province.

The Iraqi nationals are accused of taking part in bombings in Iraq.

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