Turkish security officers continue to investigate a man of Syrian origins who was arrested on Friday in relation to a scheme to assassinate US President Barack Obama during his visit to Turkey. The man, who sought to disguise himself as a journalist for the Al Jazeera news channel, managed to obtain press accreditation and allegedly planned to stab the US president with a knife, reported Saudi daily al Watan.
The man, identified as M. G. has reportedly confessed to his intention after his arrest, adding that he had been aided by three other accomplices. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera's Ankara bureau chief Yussef al-Sharif told al Watan that the network knew nothing about the man. "We learned that he [the suspect] claimed to be working for our bureau... if that has been the case then he most certainly forged our ID card," al-Sharif said.
According to the report, the Turks try to investigate if there are connections between the Syrian man and other nine suspected al Qaeda members arrested during Obama's visit.
