Police Kill Suicide Bomber In Mersin Before He Can Attack
September 06 2017
Turkish officials say a suspected Islamic State suicide bomber has been shot and killed by police in southern Turkey, reports the Anadolu Agency (Turkey).
A man wearing a suicide vest was killed close to a police station on Wednesday in Mersin, said authorities. Mersin is the capital of the province of the same name and a port on the Mediterranean coast.
Security forces said they opened fire after the militant ignored orders to stop.
The vest was later defused by police. ...
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