Man linked to 13/11 held in Turkey

Turkey has detained a Belgian citizen of Moroccan origin on suspicion of links to the Paris attacks, a media report said Saturday.

Ahmet Dahmani, 26, is accused of conducting reconnaissance work to choose the sites for the attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and were claimed by Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists, the Dogan news agency reported.

He was detained close to the southern resort city of Antalya along with two Syrian citizens who were to help him cross the border into Syria, the report added.

The anti-terror police had followed Dahmani after he arrived at Antalya’s airport and checked into a five-star hotel in the luxury resort of Manavgat to the east of the city on November 16.

They then detained him and the two Syrians, who the report said had been tasked by the ISIS leadership to supply him with a fake passport and take Dahmani to safety in jihadist-controlled Syria.

It was not immediately clear when they had been detained. All three were taken to court.