Twenty-two foreigners were among those detained in overnight raids, the Istanbul police headquarters said, without giving details of their nationalities. The 29 detained, many of whom had fought in war zones, were part of an IS cell about to commit a "sensational attack" in Turkey, police said without giving further details. Turkish police on Wednesday detained six suspected members of IS planning a bomb attack on an opposition protest march led by the Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. He is on the final stage of a 450-kilometre (280-mile) "justice march" from Ankara to Istanbul to protest over the legal system under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The last attack -- claimed by IS -- was during New Year's celebrations at the elite Istanbul nightclub Reina when a gunman killed 39 people.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 07, 2017 12:22 UTC