US embassy bombing suspect joined demo in Netherlands: Report

A senior militant, wanted by the United States and Turkey surfaced in the Netherlands last month at a demonstration organized by supporters of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), according to a report by Turkish daily Hürriyet.

The newspaper reported that Seher Demir Şen, accused of ordering a suicide attack on the U.S. embassy in Ankara back in 2013, was sighted in a rally in The Hague organized by the supporters of DHKP-C.

The U.S is offering a $3 million reward for the capture of Şen, who is also accused of plotting the 2015 killing of Mehmet Selim Kiraz, a prosecutor who was shot dead by two DHKP-C militants in his courthouse room hours after he was taken hostage. Turkey has also issued a red notice for Şen.

Ecevit Şanlı, a DHKP-C militant, blew himself up at the entrance of the U.S. embassy in February 2013, killing a Turkish security guard.

A Turkish government official, who spoke to the Associated Press (AP) on conditions of anonymity, said security officials have determined that Şen recently made her way to the Netherlands from Greece, and preparations were underway for a formal request for her extradition.

The DHKP-C, although less influential in Turkey than other terrorist organizations like the PKK, still represents a considerable threat to the country with a string of attacks over recent years.

The DHKP-C was founded in 1978 and was most active during the Cold War era. Purportedly supporting a Marxist-Leninist ideology, the group has renewed its attacks in recent years and is listed as a terrorist organization by the European Union and the U.S.

However, it enjoys relative freedom in European countries, such as Greece, where DHKP-C militants avoid prosecution by claiming they are politically persecuted in Turkey. Several militants plotting attacks in Turkey were captured after infiltrating the country following their release by Greek courts.

Turkey's relations with the Netherlands have hit an all-time low recently amid a politically-charged row. Both countries have recently engaged in a war of words over the mistreatment of Turkish citizens in the Netherlands and the deportation of a Turkish minister from the country.

Family and Social Policy Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya was not allowed to address Turkish citizens in the Netherlands and was deported, while a group of Turkish protesters denouncing the decision were violently dispersed by police in Rotterdam, angering Ankara, which issued a strong condemnation.