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Turkey sentences 3 to life imprisonment over links to 2016 suicide bombing

Xinhua,February 01, 2018 Adjust font size:

ISTANBUL, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- A Turkish court in Istanbul on Wednesday sentenced three men to aggravated life imprisonment over involvement in a suicide bombing attack in 2016 that killed 12 German tourists.

The trio were charged with being a member of a terrorist organization, violating the constitution and possessing illegal substance, among others, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

In January 2016, a Syrian national affiliated with the terror group Islamic State blew himself up near a group of German tourists at Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet Square.

A dozen of German tourists were killed and at least 15 others were injured in the attack. Enditem

 

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