Türkiye Arrests ISIS Bomb Expert

Türkiye announced the arrest of an ISIS bomb expert during a security operation in Istanbul on Sunday. (AFP file photo)
Türkiye announced the arrest of an ISIS bomb expert during a security operation in Istanbul on Sunday. (AFP file photo)
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Türkiye Arrests ISIS Bomb Expert

Türkiye announced the arrest of an ISIS bomb expert during a security operation in Istanbul on Sunday. (AFP file photo)
Türkiye announced the arrest of an ISIS bomb expert during a security operation in Istanbul on Sunday. (AFP file photo)

Türkiye announced the arrest of an ISIS bomb expert during a security operation in Istanbul on Sunday.

In a joint operation, police and the Turkish National Intelligence teams detained the suspect, identified only by the initials A.J.A. in Sultanbeyli, said security sources.

The suspect was involved in training the group's members on explosive-making, which they used in terror attacks in Syria and Iraq.

Police seized five bombs and detonators, as well as digital propaganda materials and other documents.

Turkish Minister of the Interior Ali Yerlikaya recently announced that 17 members involved in funding ISIS were arrested in a campaign that included 20 homes and seven workplaces in Istanbul.

He vowed that the battle against terrorist organizations and collaborators would continue, and the financial resources of terrorists would be dried up one after the other.

ISIS claimed responsibility for terrorist attacks in Türkiye between 2015 and 2017, which killed more than 300 and wounded dozens.

Türkiye designed the group as a terrorist in 2013.



5 Treated after Stabbing in South London, 1 Man Arrested

A drone view of London's Shard skyscraper with the Canary Wharf financial district in the background in London, Britain March 3, 2024. REUTERS/Yann Tessier/File Photo
A drone view of London's Shard skyscraper with the Canary Wharf financial district in the background in London, Britain March 3, 2024. REUTERS/Yann Tessier/File Photo
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5 Treated after Stabbing in South London, 1 Man Arrested

A drone view of London's Shard skyscraper with the Canary Wharf financial district in the background in London, Britain March 3, 2024. REUTERS/Yann Tessier/File Photo
A drone view of London's Shard skyscraper with the Canary Wharf financial district in the background in London, Britain March 3, 2024. REUTERS/Yann Tessier/File Photo

Five people have been treated following a stabbing Thursday morning in south London, according to London’s Ambulance Service.

London’s Metropolitan Police said that a man was arrested following the stabbing in Croydon, which British media reports said happened near an Asda supermarket. Authorities didn’t provide a motive for the stabbing, and it wasn’t immediately clear if the man who was arrested was among the five injured, The AP reported.

The ambulance service said that one person was taken to a major trauma center in London and four other people were hospitalized.

“We sent a number of resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer, members of our Tactical Response Unit and London’s Air Ambulance,” the service said.

London's Metropolitan Police said that “officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service to treat five injured people who were taken to hospital," adding that "their injuries are thought to be non-life-threatening.”

The violence came on the same day that a teenager faced sentencing for fatally stabbing three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed summer dance class in the northwestern English town of Southport.