Over 1,500 arrested, 90 killed, 1,150 injured in Turkish coup attempt
‘Turkish loyalists have reported arresting 1,563 soldiers and officers implicated in the overnight coup attempt, and 29 colonels and five generals have been sacked. At least 90 people have been killed and 1,154 injured in bombings and skirmishes in Istanbul and Ankara.
Pro-government forces have seized control of the top military HQ building, but there are still some groups of rebels resisting, a Turkish official said on Saturday, as cited by Reuters.
The official told the agency 1,563 military personnel were arrested following the coup attempt. But according to Milliyet, a Turkish daily, 1,374 were detained.’
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