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Turkey stages raids against IS, PKK amid waves of terror attacks

Xinhua, July 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

One member of the Islamic State (IS) was killed on Friday morning during raids staged by the police across Turkey against the the IS and the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) militants, private Dogan News Agency reported.

Thousands of police officers kicked off the raids against the IS and the PKK members simultaneously in 13 provinces of Turkey after a wave of deadly terror acts in the past days.

A total of 251 people were detained in the raids, said a written statement by prime ministry on Friday.

A total of 30 detainees, out of 90 people in Istanbul are foreign origins, local CnnTurk news broadcaster reported on Friday.

The assault followed a series of IS suicide bomber attacks at the town of Suruc in the Sarnliurfa province of Turkey on Monday, which claimed 32 lives and wounded 104 others.

One Turkish police officer was killed and another one wounded in an armed attack by gunmen on Sehitlik Street in the city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey Thursday, local NTV news channel reported.

Turkish military aircraft bombed Islamic State targets on the side of Syria near the southern Turkish province of Kilis early Friday morning, killing 35 IS members. Endit