Tuesday, 15 December, 2020 - 08:30
A police officer secures the area following a suicide bombing in a major shopping and tourist district in central Istanbul (file photo: Reuters) Ankara- Saeed Abdulrazek
Turkish forces arrested a French terrorist wanted by Paris and suspected of belonging to a French-speaking militant group in Syria.
The Turkish Ministry of Defense issued a statement Monday announcing that a terrorist of French origin, C.G., was arrested while he was trying to cross illegally into Turkey from Syria.
The statement added that the Turkish border guards arrested the French terrorist in Reyhanli district of Hatay border state, indicating that he tried to hide his identity during the initial investigations, as he was carrying a false identity card.
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A French jihadist wanted on an Interpol red notice has been caught by Turkish security forces trying to enter Turkey from Syria, the Turkish defence ministry said Monday.
The individual known by the initials C.G. was detained while trying to reach the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said the individual is believed to be part of the Firqatul Ghuraba group of foreign jihadists in Syria and recruited by Omar Omsen.
Omsen, also known as Omar Diaby, is a French national of Senegalese descent suspected of funnelling francophone fighters to Syria.
French extremist caught trying to enter Turkey from Syria
US troops patrol near the Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria on November 4, 2018. File photo: Reuters AFP, Ankara AFP, Ankara
A French extremist wanted on an Interpol red notice has been caught by Turkish security forces trying to enter Turkey from Syria, the Turkish defense ministry said Monday.
The individual known by the initials C.G. was detained while trying to reach the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said the individual is believed to be part of the Firqatul Ghuraba group of foreign extremists in Syria and recruited by Omar Omsen.