New details of ISIL raid in Diyarbak?r emerge as police arrest 9 ISIL suspects in Gaziantep

New details have emerged regarding Oct. 26 raids on cell houses belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Diyarbak?r, with officials revealing that the jihadist group planned to attack political party and newspaper offices in the country.

The revelations come amid the arrest of nine suspects for their alleged ties to ISIL in Gaziantep, which is southeast Turkey like Diyarbak?r.

Two police officers and seven ISIL militants were killed during a police raid on a cell house in Diyarbak?r's Kayap?nar district on Oct. 26.

During a subsequent search, police seized the outlines of three political parties' provincial and district buildings in Diyarbak?r, while also confiscating the drawings of other addresses. 

The ISIL members were thought to be preparing for attacks on the buildings. 

Police said the members were staying at a cell house on 47th Street in Kayap?nar, while they were planning attacks at a house on 53rd Street. Female ISIL members sometimes stood guard at the houses to avoid attracting any attention.

Nine ISIL suspects arrested

Meanwhile, nine ISIL suspects, two of whom had been detained after throwing a hand grenade at a police car, were arrested in Gaziantep on Nov. 4.
 
The Gaziantep Governor's Office also said in a statement that the nine suspects were allegedly planning an attack on a political party's Istanbul headquarters before the Nov. 1 elections.

Two of the arrestees had previously thrown a hand grenade at a police vehicle after stepping out of their car, which was following them on Oct. 30, two days before the Nov. 1 parliamentary elections. 

Upon a tip that a bomb attack was going to take place, units from the Gaziantep anti-terror police...