According to the Turkish news agency, attacks were planned to be made at least on the Swedish and Dutch embassies in Istanbul.
In Turkey, the police said on Saturday evening that they had arrested 15 people suspected of preparing attacks on foreign embassies in Istanbul.
According to the Turkish Anadolu news agency, attacks were planned on at least the Swedish and Dutch embassies in Istanbul.
A Swede has also told about the arrests SVT (you switch to another service).
The police have not confirmed the media’s claims, but confirmed that the terrorist group that planned the attacks was arrested on Saturday. According to the police, the persons have connections to the Isis organization.
According to the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet, the group was planning attacks on, among other things, religious institutions.
This week, several countries, including the United States and Sweden, closed their embassies in Istanbul due to the increased terrorist threat.
The terrorist threat is based, among other things, on the far-right Swedish-Danish Rasmus Paludanin an abduction during which he burned the Muslim holy book, the Koran, in Stockholm.