Turkish police foil plot to kill priest: reports

Murder plot for Orthodox priest Ramazan Arkan thwarted by Turkish polish.


ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police have foiled a plot to murder a priest, in a case that recalls other attacks this year against Christians in Muslim but secular Turkey, newspapers reported on Monday.

Police in the coastal resort of Antalya detained a young man on Sunday on suspicion of preparing to kill Orthodox priest Ramazan Arkan, who is a Turk, the Milliyet daily said.

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