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Al-Qaeda clash kills at least two in Turkey

24 January 2008 09:51 (UTC +04:00)

Four police officers were also injured in the raids that targeted three separate houses belonging to the radical Islamic group, according to the Web site of broadcaster CNN Turk.
State-run Anatolian news agency said two people linked to the group were killed while 18 people were detained during the raids in Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras provinces.
It said there was a large explosion in the city as the operation continued. There were no details on the blast.
Security cordons had been set up around the targeted areas, where armoured vehicles and ambulances were stationed, it said.
Police found a large number of weapons and documents, linking the suspects to the Islamic radical group, according to CNN Turk.
Police in Gaziantep were unable to confirm the reports.
Turkish police have carried out a series of operations across the country against people suspected of links to al Qaeda in recent months.
In 2003 the Islamist militant group claimed responsibility for suicide bomb attacks against the British consulate, two synagogues and an HSBC bank in Istanbul, which killed more than 60 people. Reuters