Turkey announced the arrest of five senior members of the "Islamic State"

Xinhua News Agency, Ankara, September 7 (Reporter Wang Tengfei) The Turkey's Ministry of the Interior announced on the 7th that Turkey recently arrested senior members of the "Islamic State" with five extreme organizations "Islamic State" in the border area of Syrian. The five were attempted to launch an attack in Turkey.

On the 7th, the Turkey's Ministry of the Interior issued a statement saying that the five arrested people include the person in charge of the "Islamic State" intelligence activity, the person in charge of the social media, and the person in charge of the training activities.They were arrested on August 31 to try to cross the border between the Turkey Syrian in the Jerabulus region in northern Syria.One of them explained that they were preparing for attacks in Turkey before they were arrested.

The statement said that six other people were arrested for assisting the above five people.In the action, the earth also seized an AK-47 rifle and some ammunition.

In recent years, Turkey has repeatedly announced the terrorist attacks planned by the "Islamic State", causing many civilians of civilians.Turkey announced the "Islamic State" as a terrorist organization in 2013, and has repeatedly announced the arrest of members of the organization in recent years.

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