The Anadolu Agency said Wednesday the eight arrived in Istanbul from Casablanca, Morocco, and were interviewed by criminal profiling teams at Ataturk Airport. The suspected Isis members wanted to stay for two days in Istanbul for a “tourist trip” and claimed to have booked a hotel there, but police could not verify their booking with the hotel. Turkish authorities found documents on one of the men showing that they planned to enter Europe via Greece with Germany as their final destination, the press agency reported.
– Turkey says it has seized eight suspected ISIS militants who were trying to reach Germany. The suspects were detained at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport after arriving from Morocco. Turkey's state-run news agency says they claimed to be tourists who were staying at a hotel in the city for two days, but the hotel denied that any reservations had been made, report the AP and the Local. The agency adds criminal profiling teams found a hand-drawn map showing a route from Turkey to Germany—via Greece, Serbia, and Hungary—on one of the suspects. Authorities say the alleged militants were planning to pose as refugees during the journey. A day earlier, a friendly soccer match between Germany and the Netherlands was canceled in Hanover after a bomb threat. "No explosives were found nor did we make any arrests," a police rep says. The threat level in Berlin is now listed as "high."