istanbul turkish police shoot dead islamic state militant set carry suicide bomb attack police station mediterranean city mersin wednesday interior ministry say assailant wear vest pack explosives kill outside police station yenisehir district security source say locate next regional headquarter turkey mit national intelligence agency one member daesh terrorist organization wear suicide bomb vest capture dead front mersin yenisehir district ... central police station interior ministry say statement police officer spot suspect behave suspiciously 50 meter 55 yards police station around 8:15 a.m. 0515 gmt mersin governor office say man ignore order stop continue move toward police station shoot hand reach cable hang shoulder governor office say islamic state militants previously carry gun bomb attack turkey many foreign fighters also pass turkey recent years way join jihadist group self-proclaimed caliphate syria iraq ankara detain 5,000 islamic state suspect deport 3,290 foreign militants 95 different countries recent years accord turkish officials dogan news agency identify would-be attacker 20-year-old syrian national live apartment block near police station say bomb disposal experts defuse explosive device police subsequently search home syrian man detain father dogan say add family move mersin year ago turkish police kill islamic state militant set attack police station