76 held in Ankara over attacks on Syrian refugees

The Turkish police detained Thursday 76 suspects who attacked houses, cars and businesses reportedly owned by Syrian refugees in capital Ankara, after a Turkish national was killed by a Syrian during a street fight, reported Xinhua.

police department said the detained were either suspected of "damaging property" or of disseminating incendiary social media posts after the incidents.

Hundreds of locals took to the streets in Altindag district of Ankara on late Wednesday, attacking places belonging to Syrian refugees, local NTV broadcaster reported.

The violence came after a quarrel between locals and a refugee group turned into a street fight, which followed the stabbing death of 18-year-old Emirhan Yalcin on late Tuesday.