Turkey vows to severely punish coup plotters

Turkish special forces captured a group of rebel commandos who tried to seize or kill President Tayyip Erdogan during a failed coup, and a government minister said plotters would “never see God’s sun as long as they breathe”.

Drones and helicopters pinpointed the location of the 11 fugitive commandos in hills around the Mediterranean resort of Marmaris after a two-week manhunt, an official said.

They were part of a group that attacked a hotel where Erdogan was holidaying on the night of the July 15 coup bid.