The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that the ISIS member, who was stated to have provided the explosives of the attacks in which 10 people died in Istanbul Sultanahmet and 33 people in the Suruç district of Urfa in 2016, were caught in Urfa.

 

Ministry of Interior's statement reads: "ISIS teror organization member Azzo Halaf Süleyman El Aggal who provided the explosives of the Sultanahmet Massacre in which 10 German citizens died in 2016 and Suruç Massacre in which 33 people died in 2015 has been caught by the joint operation carried out by ŞanlıUrfa Provincial Police Department and MIT Regional Office.

 

It was determined that the terrorist captured by our forces has planned many suicide bomb attacks like Suruç and Sultanahmet, acted with Abu Bera (K) Mahir El Aggal, and provided explosives used in some actions in Turkey and was responsible for the logistics of the organization.