ISTANBUL — Turkish intelligence officers have arrested an
Egyptian-born terror suspect wanted by Washington who was a top explosives
expert for the Daesh, state media reported Monday.
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The suspect, identified as Mustafa Abdulwahab Mahmud and born in 1999, was
detained with three others on the outskirts of Istanbul after fleeing Syria,
the reports said.
The indictment said he joined the Daesh in Syria, where he specialized in
making suicide belts and various explosive devices.
The Istanbul prosecutor's office is seeking 22.5 years in prison on charges
of membership of a terror group.
He was detained on a tip from US intelligence services, who have been
tracking his movements, the media reports said, adding that he is believed to
have been plotting attacks inside Turkey, including against US interests.
Once accused of letting militants pass freely through its territory, Turkey
has stepped up its fight against Daesh, whose attacks included Istanbul nightclub
bombings in 2017 that killed 39.
Earlier this month, Ankara arrested a Daesh official it identified as the
right-hand man of former Daesh leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
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