Turkish media outlets published photos of the explosives purportedly seized in the raid, and said the men were planning to target popular shopping and restaurant districts in Ankara.
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Two suspects said to be planning an attack on New Years Eve are in Turkish custody.
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The state prosecutor’s office told media on December 30 that the two men were Turkish citizens and entered Turkey from Syria.
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Anadolu said the suspects – identified as M.C. and A.Y. – were said to be members of Daesh, another term for so-called Islamic State, who planned to attack the city’s main square, which is the scene of annual December 31 celebrations.
In November, the United States issued a worldwide travel alert amid concerns that terror groups and individuals plan more attacks after the Paris attacks.
In June, four people were killed in an attack on a rally of the main pro-Kurdish party in Diyarbakir while in July, 33 people were killed in a suicide bombing against activists in the town of Suruc on the Syrian border.
Paris said it would stick to its traditional celebrations on the famous Champs-Elysees, but without the fireworks, and 1,600 police would be deployed on the famous avenue as part of a contingent of 11,000 security personnel watching over the French capital, 2,000 more than a year ago.
Meanwhile in NY, as many as 6,000 police officers, including hundreds of them with long guns, radiation detectors and bomb-sniffing dogs, will be guarding Times Square, where more than 1 million people are expected to gather and celebrate the new year, on Thursday, NBC News reported.
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“We’ll have a huge number of police out on New Year’s Eve, including a lot of our new anti-terror force, the Critical Response Command”. “The same troops who used to be in Mali, Chad, French Guyana or the Central African Republic are now ensuring the protection of French people”, said Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
