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5 Kurds detained in Turkey for allegedly planning car bombings

In this photo dated Thursday Feb. 25, 2016, militants of Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, move to attack Turkish security forces in Nusaybin, south Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. AP Photo/Cagdas Erdogan

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s state-run news agency says police have detained five Kurdish militants suspected of planning to carry out a series of car bombings around the southern city of Adana.

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Anadolu Agency said Tuesday the suspects would allegedly have targeted the city’s airport, a local government building, the police headquarters and crowded public places.

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Anadolu said the suspects, including a university student, had received training in explosives in the Kurdish-administered Syrian town of Kobani.

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Fighting between the autonomy-seeking Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and government forces resumed last year after the collapse of a frail ceasefire. The rebels have since then launched a series of deadly bombings mostly targeting police and military.

Last week, U.S. officials warned citizens about possible attacks targeting hotels in Adana.

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