Azerbaijani national arrested in Turkey for plotting terror attack on Erdogan

Islamic State militants, who have been cooperating with an Azerbaijani national, plotted a terror attack at the extraordinary congress of Turkey’s ruling party, where President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected chairman of the AK party, Hurriyet reported citing Ankara’s Governor Ercan Topaca.

Ankara police neutralized two Islamic State terrorists in a May 21 operation. The two IS members plotted an attack in the Turkish capital. The Governor said police traced the terrorists through Azerbaijani national Ebu Hussein Jelilov, who was arrested earlier in Istanbul. According to the Governor, one of the targets of the terrorists was the extraordinary congress of Turkey’s ruling party on May 21.