Turkey forces arrested 9 suspects linked with the ISIL terrorist in Istanbul

Turkish security forces arrested 9 individuals suspected of being linked with the ISIL terrorist group in Istanbul. The operation to arrest two others continues.

According to Anadolu Agency, the Istanbul prosecutor’s office issued an arrest warrant for 11 individuals, including nine foreign nationals and two Turkish citizens, who cooperated with the ISIL terrorist group.

Membership in an armed terrorist group and violating the law on preventing the financing of terrorism were the crimes committed by the mentioned individuals, the source said.