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Monday, August 1, 2016
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Monday, August 1, 2016
Turkey arrests 11-man ‘death squad’ over Erdogan hotel raid
Turkey arrests 11 fugitive soldiers suspected of involvement in an attack on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s hotel during the night of the failed coup, the deputy prime minister says.
Erdogan was staying in the western seaside resort of Marmaris on July 15 but dashed to Istanbul just before the hotel came under attack from rebel soldiers determined to oust him from power.
“Eleven of them were captured in Ula,” Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus tells a press conference after a cabinet meeting, referring to a town near Marmaris.
He says one soldier is still at large.
Erdogan earlier said his swift escape had saved him from being killed or taken hostage.
— AFP
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