ISIL 'judge' arrested, phone containing key data found in anus

A Turkish court has arrested an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) "judge" and a telephone including key information about the militant's activities was found in his anus following a strip search, according to authorities.

Yasser Mohammed Salem Radown, a foreign national also known as Abu Jihad, was detained earlier this month when Turkish police raided a residence in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district in connection with the Jan. 1 ISIL attack on Istanbul's posh Reina nightclub in which 39 people were killed and 65 were wounded. 

Radown was a "judge" in the areas controlled by ISIL, according to Turkish prosecutors.

Police authorities said the telephone in question included information on his activities, in addition to pictures of guns.

A notebook, which included the names, addresses and telephone numbers of many names linked to the jihadist group, was also seized in the search, according to the prosecutor, who demanded Radown's arrest. The suspect was later arrested.
The main suspect in the Reina killings, Abdulkadir Masharipov, was captured last week during a police operation in Istanbul's Esenyurt district. 

Police, however, have been searching for another suspect related to the attack. According to newly obtained information, the wanted suspect arrived in Istanbul from Raqqa on Dec. 26, 2016, and met Masharipov in the run-up to Reina assault. 

Plans to conduct bomb attacks with mock-up planes

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