In brief: Four arrested in migrants’ deaths

KECSKEMET, Hungary – Four men suspected of being involved in the deaths of 71 migrants found in a truck in Austria were placed under preliminary arrest Saturday by a Hungarian court.

The preliminary arrests will be in place until the suspects are indicted or Sept. 29 at the latest, said Ferenc Bicskei, president of the Kecskemet Court.

The refrigerated truck with the dead migrants was found Thursday in the safety lane of the main Budapest-to-Vienna highway.

Turkish warplanes attack IS in Syria

ISTANBUL – Turkish warplanes struck seven Islamic State targets north of Aleppo, Syria, in the first Turkish contribution to a U.S.-led coalition to weaken the Islamic militant group’s grasp on much of eastern Syria, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

Turkish officials said the strikes came in two groups. Overnight Friday, two planes struck three targets. Saturday, another two planes struck four targets in the vicinity of northern Aleppo, where IS has been threatening areas held by moderate rebel forces controlling the border crossing that connects Turkey to Aleppo, including the key border city of Azaz.

The U.S. and Turkey have been trying to agree over the past few weeks on the scope of Turkey’s participation in a multinational coalition that has been bombing IS in Syria and Iraq for over a year. The weekend’s strikes appear to suggest an agreement had been reached.