Turkey: 9 FETO-linked Terror Suspects Arrested

Security forces on Tuesday arrested nine suspects across Turkey over alleged links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the terror group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey.

USAK, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Oct, 2018 ) :Security forces on Tuesday arrested nine suspects across Turkey over alleged links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the terror group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey.

Anti-smuggling and organized crime teams nabbed the suspects in six provinces on charges of using ByLock, an encrypted cellphone app used by FETO members, sources said on condition of anonymity.

The operation remains ongoing to apprehend one more suspect for the same charges, the sources added.

The FETO and its US-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup on July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.