Police in Turkey have detained a Turkish citizen accused by Moscow of killing a Russian pilot when he ejected over Syria after being shot down by one of Ankara's war planes, AFP reports.
Alparslan Celik was detained along with a dozen others while they were eating at a restaurant in the Aegean city of Izmir, the Dogan news agency reported.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided the restaurant, and seized one Kalashnikov rifle, two pistols and ammunition.
Celik has been accused by Russia of killing Russian pilot Oleg Peshkov in cold blood as he parachuted to the ground after his plane was shot down by Turkish air forces on the Syrian border on November 24.