IS suspects held over threat to US embassy

Turkish police has detained four Islamic State suspects as part of an investigation into a possible attack on the US Embassy in Ankara.

The embassy was closed yesterday over an unspecified security threat. Police detained four Iraqi nationals in connection with the threat against the embassy. Two of them were detained on a bus at a security check on a road linking the Black Sea city of Samsun to Ankara. Two others were detained in Samsun. Security was high outside the US embassy yesterday, and police searched pedestrians before allowing them to enter a street where the main gate is located.

The US embassy said on its web page that the mission would be closed due to a security threat, and urged US citizens to avoid the embassy as well as large crowds.