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Turkey captures chief suspect in 2013 border bombing: state media

ANKARA, Sept 12, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The Turkish secret service has captured
in Syria and brought back to Turkey the chief suspect in a 2013 bombing on
the border with its conflict-torn neighbour that left over 50 dead, state
media said Wednesday.

Yusuf Nazik, who is accused of planning the May 2013 Reyhanli bombing, was
apprehended in an operation by the National Intelligence Organisation (MIT)
in the Syrian city of Latakia and brought to Turkey, the Anadolu news agency
said.

BSS/AFP/MR/ 1438 hrs