Turkish police detaines Russian citizen at Akkuyu nuclear power plant during operation against IS

The Mersin city police detained a wanted Russian citizen who worked at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant site and had fake documents, Report informs via TASS.

"The police carried out an operation against the Islamic State terrorist group. A detainee with the initials Yu. A. was on the list for urgent detention. A fake identity card for a foreigner with the initials R.K. was found on the detainee,” the Turkish IHA news agency.

By court decision, the suspect was placed under arrest. The agency does not provide any other details.

The Mersin Security Department reported on its website that a suspect had been detained at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant site, but did not indicate that he was a Russian citizen.