Turkey arrests wrong bin Laden

Turkish police have admitted that a man arrested at Istanbul airport this morning was detained simply because his surname was bin Laden.

Turkish police have admitted that a man arrested at Istanbul airport this morning was detained simply because his surname was bin Laden.

The authorities in Turkey believed 23-year-old Abdullah bin Laden was a brother of Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect in last month’s attacks in the United States.

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