25 held by Turkish police ahead of Nato summit

Turkish police have arrested 25 members of an al-Qaida linked group suspected of planning to bomb a Nato summit due to be attended by Tony Blair and George Bush next month.

Turkish police have arrested 25 members of an al-Qaida linked group suspected of planning to bomb a Nato summit due to be attended by Tony Blair and George Bush next month.

Sixteen were held in an operation on April 29 in the north-western province of Bursa, said local governor Oguz Kagan Koksal.

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