ANKARA (Reuters)
--- Turkish police on Wednesday detained two suspected members of
the Islamic State militant group believed to have been plotting
suicide attacks in the capital Ankara on New Year's Eve, a senior
government official said.
The official told
Reuters the two men, who entered Turkey from Syria, were thought to
have been preparing an attack on Kizilay square in the center of
Ankara, where crowds usually gather to celebrate the New Year.
A spokesman for the
police terrorism division in Ankara declined to comment.
A double suicide
bombing blamed on Islamic State killed more than 100 people in Ankara
in October, and Turkey has since stepped up its efforts to tackle the
militants.
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