Turkey detains two IS suspects over New Year suicide attack plot

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Turkey detains two IS suspects over New Year suicide attack plot

Krystal Johnson
December 31, 2015, 6:55 am

Turkish police detained two Islamic State suspects accused of plotting a suicide bombing on New Year's Eve celebrations.

Suicide vests and explosive devices were found at the house in Ankara's Mamak district, prosecutors told NBC News.

This is the explosives and suicide vest found inside a Ankara house. Photo: DHA

This is the house in Ankara where the explosive material was found to be used in a New Years terror attack in Turkey. Photo: DHA

The arrests come with European countries on high alert for possible attacks over the New Year, with Belgium detaining two suspected Islamists and Moscow closing off Red Square.

Turkish officials said the two men, reportedly both Turks, were planning to strike an area in the centre of Ankara that is expected to be packed with revellers on the night of December 31.

"They are suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State and were planning an attack on the New Year in Ankara," a Turkish official told AFP, asking not to be named.