Turkey Arrests Twin Bombing Perpetrator On Syrian Border 2013 Kills 53 People

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JAKARTA - The Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MIT) arrested a man named Muhammed Dib Korali suspected of being the perpetrator of a 2013 bomb attack near the Syrian border that killed 53 people.

Citing Reuters, Monday, January 13, a Turkish security source said the man was suspected of being the twin car bomber who blew up Reyhanli's border town in Hatay Province on May 11, 2013.

At that time, Turkey accused a group loyal to President Bashar Assad's regime of being the perpetrators of the attack. Meanwhile, the Syrian government when Assad argued to deny the involvement.

MIT found that Muhammed Dib Korali, who allegedly planned the attack and provided the bomb, was in Syria, the source said.

MIT arrested Muhammed Dib Korali in cross-border operations in Syria. The alleged perpetrator has been handed over to the Hatay Police.

In the 2013 bomb case on the Syrian border, a Turkish citizen named Yusuf Nazik has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Yusuf was arrested by MIT in Syria in 2018.