Burqa-clad Turkish ‘suicide bomber’ turns out to be lover in disguise
A Turkish man detained as a suspected would-
be suicide bomber in northern Turkey was
actually wearing a burqa to disguise himself
to meet a secret lover from a dating site, local
media reported Sunday.
Locals in the Black Sea province of Ordu
alerted police of a “would-be suicide
bomber” on Saturday after noticing that
a burqa-clad “woman” talking on the
phone at a bus stop was wearing men’s
shoes, Dogan news agency said.
A police team arrived at the scene and
“unmasked” the man, who was dressed
in a full-length, Islamic-style black robe
with a niqab — the head covering worn
by many Muslim women — covering his
face. Authorities detained him for
“inflicting fear and panic in the public,”
Dogan reported.
The 33-year-old man, who is married
with two children, told police that he had
resorted to the burqa disguise in order
to secretly meet a woman he had met on
an online dating site for the first time.
Turkey is on high alert after a series of
deadly attacks blamed on the Islamic
State (IS) jihadist group, including a
massive twin suicide bombing at a peace
rally in Ankara on October 10 that killed
102 people in the worst-ever terror
attack in Turkey’s history.
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