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ISTANBUL, Sept 30 (KUNA) -- Turkish police detained a suspect on Saturday in relation with the fatal stabbings of a Syrian anti-Assad activist and her journalist daughter in Istanbul, said the Anadolu Agency (AA).
The bodies of Orouba Barakat, 60, and her 22-year-old daughter Hala Barakat were found in their apartment in Uskudar, a neighborhood on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus, on September 21.
The Syrian suspect, identified only by the initials A.B., was detained in the northwestern province of Bursa after being spotted in security footage near the apartment building, a police source said.
The suspect, who was identified as a relative of the victims, will be transferred to Istanbul police for further questioning. (end)
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