US EditionThree Turkish police, six Islamic State militants killed in clash in northwest Turkey
The raid targeted suspected IS militants planning holiday attacks; 138 suspects detained nationwide recently, officials said, with three police officers and six militants killed in the Yalova clash.
- On Monday, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said three Turkish police officers and six Islamic State militants were killed during a police raid in Elmalik village, Yalova province.
- After intelligence warned of holiday plots, authorities conducted nationwide raids across multiple provinces last week, detaining 115 suspected Islamic State members planning attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations.
- The operation began around 2 a.m. and ended at 9:40 a.m., with special forces from Bursa province reinforcing the raid while roads were sealed, natural gas and electricity supplies cut, five women and six children evacuated, and five nearby schools suspended.
- The Yalova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation with five state prosecutors assigned and five people taken into custody, while eight wounded police officers and a night guard received treatment.
- Officials said the militants killed were all Turkish citizens, and authorities arrested more than 19,000 suspected affiliates between 2013 and 2023 as Turkey stepped up counter-terror operations this year.
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Less than a week after a massive first round of netting against the Islamic State in which 115 people were arrested, about 100 simultaneous operations were organized in fifteen regions of the country during the night of Sunday to Monday. The one carried out in the city of Yalova, a town in the north-western part of the country near Istanbul, claimed three victims among the law enforcement forces. These operations revive the debate in Turkey on t…
In Turkey, three policemen were killed in a firefight with suspected members of the IS terror militia.
Three Turkish police officers and six Islamic State militants killed in clash in Turkey
Turkish President Erdogan vowed to press ahead with the fight against extremism, saying Turkey would act 'with determination, comprehensively and without compromise' as authorities closed schools, cut utilities and detained five suspects following the clashes
Three Turkish police officers killed by ISIS militants as authorities step up raids over winter holidays
ISIS militants opened fire on police during an overnight raid in Turkey’s western Yalova province on Monday, killing three people and injuring eight others, according to authorities.
Three Turkish police, six Islamic State militants killed in clash, amid national crackdown
Three Turkish police officers and six Islamic State militants were killed in a gunfight in northwest Turkey, the Interior Minister said, a week after more than 100 suspected IS members were detained for planning Christmas and New Year attacks.
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