Turkey arrests three IS suspects,including two Pakistanis: report

ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities have arrested three suspected members of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Istanbul, including two Pakistanis and a Briton, state media said on Tuesday.The state-run Anatolia news agency said the Pakistani suspects had been detained last week in a raid on their homes in Istanbul’s central Mecidiyekoy district.

Police then expanded the operation based on intelligence the suspects provided and detained the British suspect, identified as Hasan H., at a bus stop in the conservative Fatih district, it added.

All have now been remanded in custody by a court.Anatolia said that Hasan H. was believed to be linked to Aine Lesley Davis, a close associate of the notorious British IS militant known as “Jihadi John” who Washington believes was likely killed in a recent drone strike in Syria.