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ISTANBUL, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkish police on Friday captured 29 Islamic State (IS) suspects who were allegedly planning a "sensational attack" in Istanbul, local media reported.
Police launched simultaneous raids in 20 different places across the city and also seized one unregistered gun, digital equipment and several documents linked to the militant group, the Hurriyet daily said.
Twenty-two foreigners were among those detained, and the suspects had previously fought with the IS in Syria and Iraq and were preparing to return there, the daily said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Ankara had deported 5,000 suspected terrorists and banned 53,000 others from entering the country in its counterterrorism efforts.
