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ISIL suspect killed in raid ahead of NATO summit in Ankara

Police shot dead a man suspected of ties to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group militants during a police raid on a district near Ankara, security sources told Turkish media Wednesday.

According to the DHA and IHA news agencies, the incident occurred in Sazağası, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of the capital during police raids early Tuesday morning.

The victim was shot dead while his wife, also suspected of ISIL ties, was wounded and detained.

© Agence France-Presse

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