Al-Qaida suspect stands trial over Istanbul bombings
A Turkish court today began trying a key Syrian al-Qaida suspect on charges of masterminding suicide bombings that killed 58 people in Istanbul.
Police took strict security measures outside the court in Istanbul, where Loa’I Mohammad Haj Bakr al-Saqa is standing trial along with 72 other suspected al-Qaida militants blamed for a series of suicide bombings in Istanbul in 2003.
