ANKARA, MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Elite Turkish police arrested
several people Thursday during fresh raids over the nightclub
attack that killed 39, as authorities tightened Turkey’s borders
to prevent the fugitive killer from escaping.
Special forces detained several people suspected of links
with the attack on the outskirts of Istanbul on Thursday, state-run
news agency Anadolu said.
Police reportedly got a tip-off that individuals linked to
the killer were hiding in the district.
Excluding the latest arrests, at least 36 had been detained
in the probe by Wednesday, but the gunman himself remains on the
run after giving police the slip in the aftermath of the
massacre.
Authorities also tightened Turkish land borders, Dogan news
agency reported, over fears the killer planned to flee the
country.
The agency said checkpoints would be set up to search all
vehicles and people leaving the country at border crossings in
Edirne, western Turkey, which has a land border with Greece
and Bulgaria.