Turkey foiled plot on same day as Paris attacks

Turkish authorities foiled a plot to stage a "major" attack in Istanbul on the same day as the deadly gun and suicide attacks in Paris, a senior official said today. Police on Friday detained five people in Istanbul, a source said, including a suspected close associate of the so-called Islamic State group militant known as ‘Jihadi John’ who was likely killed in a recent drone strike in Syria.
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