Nine charged in Istanbul suicide attacks probe

A state security court today charged nine suspected accomplices in last week’s Istanbul suicide bombings with membership in an illegal organisation or aiding an illegal organisation, a defence lawyer said.

The charges are punishable by up to five years in prison. Three other suspects were released, the lawyer said.

No trial date was set.

The charges come just five days after truck bombers crashed into the British Consulate and the London-based HSBC bank killing 30 people – at least three of them British.