AlHijjah 16, 1432, Nov 12, 2011, SPA -- Turkey's interior minister says a Kurdish rebel shot dead after hijacking a passenger ferry was wearing plastic explosives. Idris Naim Sahin identified the hijacker as Mensur Guzel and said he was wearing 450 grams of A4 plastic explosives on his body. Sahin spoke Saturday during a televised news conference, hours after security forces shot dead the suspected rebel to end a 12-hour hostage drama on a small passenger ferry, AP reported. The security forces killed the man in a pre-dawn lightning raid on the Kartepe ferry, which was anchored off the port town of Silivri, west of Istanbul, after running out of fuel. The 24 passengers and crew were unhurt.
