Turkey arrests seven more people over Istanbul airport attacks

Police in Turkey have arrested seven more suspects in connection with the last month terror attacks in the main airport of the city of Istanbul.

According to the reports, police on late Sunday arrested the seven suspects pending trial in connection with the attacks which hit the Ataturk International Airport, killing 47 people and leaving more than 200 injured, the state-run Anadolu agency reported on Monday.

Judicial sources said the seven face charges of “being a member of an armed terrorist group” and “assisting premeditated homicide,” adding that the arrests were ordered by the Bakirkoy Criminal Court of Peace in Istanbul.

Anadolu said the arrests were made following risk analysis and profile assessment reports by Istanbul’s anti-terror police.

Turkey has so far arrested 37 people over the attacks on June 28, in which three foreign nationals opened fire at passengers and detonated their bombs at the international terminal of the airport.

Officials have blamed Daesh for the attacks although the Takfiri group, which is mainly operating in neighboring Iraq and Syria and has a record of carrying out bombings in Turkey, has not claimed responsibility for the attacks yet.

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