Daesh Sympathizer Shot After Attacking Police In Istanbul
Date
8/24/2022 1:06:49 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
A suspected sympathizer of the Daesh terrorist group was shot by
police after he stabbed two Police officers outside the office of a
district governorate in Istanbul, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah .
The suspect was apprehended by police guarding the governorate
in the city's Silivri district. Footage from the scene showed him
lunging at officers before they drew their guns and fired at the
suspect. Two officers and the suspect were hospitalized after the
attack.
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, who was in Silivri to attend
an event, told reporters that the police officers were in good
health after their treatment. He said the unnamed suspect was a
known figure to police and was interrogated earlier by a crime
prevention unit of local police.“His family had already filed
complaints against him repeatedly and he was partially mentally
unstable,” Soylu said.“We know he sympathized with a group
affiliated with Halis Bayancuk after he watched their videos. I
think he was motivated to carry out this attack after watching the
videos,” he said.
Halis Bayancuk, charged with terrorism on allegations that he
was a senior figure of Daesh in Türkiye, is currently in prison in
Silivri. He was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison on
charges of running a terrorist organization last year. He openly
declared allegiance to Daesh in 2014 with a social media video and
has served time in prison repeatedly for his links to terrorist
groups.
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