STORY: Turkish police foil 2 terror plots in Istanbul: report
DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:42
LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye
CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY
 
SHOTLIST:
1. footage about special operations police raiding the house in Istanbul, Türkiye
2. footage about police finding explosives during a house search in Istanbul, Türkiye
3. footage about police officers taking suspects captured during operations to police headquarters in Istanbul, Türkiye
 
STORYLINE:
 
Turkish counter-terror police have foiled two plots to launch terror attacks in Istanbul, the biggest Turkish city, local media reported on Thursday.
 
Police arrested two suspects who entered a shopping center in the Bayrampasa district with explosives. One of the suspects carried a bag that suddenly caught fire while they were walking through the shopping center, the daily Hurriyet reported.
 
The two suspects, affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), listed as a terror group by Türkiye, admitted that they planned to leave the bag with explosives in a store.
 
In another operation, police detained 11 suspects for plotting to start a forest fire by placing three devices susceptible to the heat in a forest area in the Sultangazi district of Istanbul, the Hurriyet reported.
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Istanbul, Türkiye.
(XHTV)