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Wed Feb 10, 2016, 04:57 AM Feb 2016

Explosives, suicide belts found on suspects at Syria border: Turkish army

Source: AFP

Ankara (AFP) - Turkish security forces seized explosives and four suicide vests in the baggage of a group of suspects stopped at the border with Syria, the Turkish army said on Wednesday.

"Between 12 and 15 kilos of explosives and four belts that could be used for suicide attacks were found in two bags," the army said in a statement.

A group of 34 people -- four men, 10 women and 20 children -- were stopped in Turkey's southeastern border town of Karkamis, the statement said.

The army did not refer to any terror group in its statement, but Karkamis lies across the border from the Syrian town of Jerabalus, which is currently controlled by the Islamic State group.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/explosives-suicide-belts-found-suspects-syria-border-turkish-073830051.html

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