The person who left the bomb that exploded in Istanbul (Turkey) was arrested by police, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday, according to the state-run Anadolu agency’s English-language Twitter account.
On Sunday, an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue, killing six people and injuring 81 others in what Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called it as a bomb strike that “smells like terrorism.”
Istanbul Terror attack
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the “vile attack” that ripped through central Istanbul on Sunday, killing six people and injuring dozens more.
“Our state’s relevant units are working to find the perpetrators… behind this heinous act,” President Erdogan said during a televised press conference on Sunday, according to AFP.
Turkish media also published a photo of a woman suspected of involvement in terrorist attack.
He also stated that first indications pointed to a “terror” attack in the Istanbul explosion.
A strong explosion of unknown origin shook the busy shopping street of Istiklal in Istanbul on Sunday, leaving six people dead and wounding dozens more, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Turkey’s vice president said a suicide bomber carried out the attack.
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