Turkish police detain six pro-Chechen militants with bomb-making plans

Turkish police have detained six suspected pro-Chechen militants who were reportedly trying to learn from other Islamic extremists how to make bombs, the Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday.

Police detained the six as part of a crackdown on Islamic militants in Istanbul and seized several electronic devices as well as diagrams showing how to make a bomb ignition switch, the agency said. The group is also suspected of collecting bomb-making material.

It was not clear when the six were detained. The suspects told police they were intending to take the material to Chechnya to fight Russian forces, Anatolia reported.

Associated Press