Turkish police foil 2 terror plots in Istanbul: report

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Turkish police foil 2 terror plots in Istanbul: report

STORY: Turkish police foil 2 terror plots in Istanbul: report DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. footage about special operations police raiding the house in Istanbul, Türkiye 2. footage about police finding explosives during a house search in Istanbul, Türkiye 3. footage about police officers taking suspects captured during operations to police headquarters in Istanbul, Türkiye STORYLINE: Turkish counter-terror police have foiled two plots to launch terror attacks in Istanbul, the biggest Turkish city, local media reported on Thursday. Police arrested two suspects who entered a shopping center in the Bayrampasa district with explosives. One of the suspects carried a bag that suddenly caught fire while they were walking through the shopping center, the daily Hurriyet reported. The two suspects, affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), listed as a terror group by Türkiye, admitted that they planned to leave the ba

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