Four detained for attacking Agape Protestant Church in northern Turkey

Turkish police have detained four suspects for "harming property," after attacking the Agape Protestant Church in the Black Sea province of Samsun, daily Agos has reported. 

Four suspects attacked the Agape Church in the Güzelyal? neighborhood of Samsun's Atakum district at 11.35 p.m. on Feb. 25. Video footage from the church's security camera showed the suspects kicking the church's door after ringing its bell. 

The Samsun Police Department launched an investigation into the incident and identified the suspects, all men in their twenties.

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