Turkish police arrest two in ISIS New Year’s plot

Turkish police on Wednesday detained two suspected Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants who were believed to be planning suicide bombings at New Year’s Eve celebrations in the nation’s capital, according to reports.

Authorities said the men were arrested in a raid on a cell house in the low-income Mamak neighborhood of Ankara. Police found a vest strapped with explosives and bomb-making equipment on the scene, according to the chief prosecutor’s office.

{mosads}The men, who are Turkish nationals, were being questioned by anti-terrorism officials.

The would-be attackers had allegedly staked out possible targets during celebrations in the city, including two locations near bars and a shopping mall.

“They were caught before they had the opportunity to take action,” the prosecutor’s office told The Associated Press.

More than 100 people were killed in October when two suicide bombers detonated explosives outside of Ankara’s main train station during a peace rally.

More than 30 were killed in a July attack carried out by ISIS in a city near the Turkey-Syria border.

Turkish authorities said they foiled a terrorist plot in Istanbul on the same day as the Nov. 13 Paris terrorist attack, in which 130 were killed, when they arrested five suspected ISIS militants.