A Turkish news agency is reporting that three people suspected of the
kidnap and murder of two Syria-based Orthodox archbishops have been
arrested, though it does not give a date for the reported arrests.
Greek Orthodox Archbishop Boulos Yaziji and Syriac Orthodox
Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim were abducted from their car in Aleppo in
April after returning from a humanitarian mission in Turkey.
Their
driver, a deacon, was shot and killed immediately.
Although the final fate of the two archbishops is unknown, it is thought that they were killed soon after their kidnap.
According to Hürriyet Daily News, the suspects were captured
by police conducting a security check on a road between Konya, in
central Turkey, and the capital Ankara.