Turkey detains Belgian citizen over links to Paris attacks: report

21 Nov, 2015

ISTANBUL: Turkey has detained a Belgian citizen of Moroccan origin on suspicion of links to the Paris attacks, the Dogan news agency reported on Saturday.

Ahmet Dahmani, 26, is accused of conducting reconnaissance work to choose the sites for the attacks in Paris that killed 130 people, the report said. He was detained close to the southern resort city of Antalya along with two Syrian citizens who were to help him cross into Syria, the report added.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2015

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