The Turkish press reported that 6 persons had been detained in the course of a special operation in Istanbul and Adapazar. The arrested are accused of involvement in a series of killings of Chechen refugees in Istanbul.
The arrested are accused by the investigation of involvement in the murder of 3 Chechen refugees in Istanbul on September 16, 2011. The key figure among the arrested is Georgian national Ruslan Papaskiri (The Zone).
According to the news agency Cihan, a court released on Tuesday night 4 out of 6 persons detained on November 16. As for Ruslan Papaskeri , according to the paper, he was questioned, but he did not answer questions, and refused to cooperate with the investigation, explaining his silence by being a foreign citizen.
