ISTANBUL—Turkish authorities have detained a Russian national and suspected Daesh militant for allegedly planning a drone attack on U.S. aircraft at Turkey’s Incirlik air base, police said Thursday. Renad Bakiev was detained in the southern city of Adana over suspicions that he plotted to crash an American aircraft or attack the Incirlik Air Base using a drone, Adana police said in a statement. Bakiev also intended to attack the local Alevi community in Adana city, the statement said. The Alevi religious minority is an offshoot of Shia Islam and is the largest religious group in Turkey after Sunnis. Bakiev appealed for nearly $1,015 from other militants on the Telegram messaging application, which Daesh sympathizers use widely, to buy a drone, police said.

Source: thestar August 10, 2017 13:52 UTC