Man detained after threatening to detonate self in mosque

 

Police detained a man on July 1 in a central mosque in the southern
province of Adana after he shouted that he was about to detonate
himself.The unidentified man in his 20s reportedly stood up
during Friday prayers in the Sabancı Merkez Mosque and began to run
toward the imam.
According to reports, he grabbed the microphone and
shouted “I will blow myself up.”

The congregation subsequently intervened against the man.

The mosque was later evacuated on suspicion of a bomb as teams searched inside the mosque.

According to initial examinations, there were no explosives on the man.

He was later taken to a police station.