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Inside minister says police have arrested ‘the one that left the bomb’ that exploded on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue.
Turkish police have arrested a suspect within the bombing in central Istanbul that left a minimum of six folks lifeless and 81 others wounded, the state-run Anadolu Company reported.
Inside Minister Suleyman Soylu advised the information company on Monday that the suspect in custody was the “one who left the bomb that prompted the explosion” on a busy thoroughfare in Turkey’s largest metropolis.
#URGENT One that left bomb that prompted explosion Sunday on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue arrested by police, says Inside Minister Suleyman Soylu pic.twitter.com/I08OTC4rPb
— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) November 14, 2022
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had beforehand described Sunday’s assault on Istiklal avenue as “treacherous” and mentioned it “smells like terrorism”.
He mentioned preliminary data urged {that a} “lady had performed an element” within the assault.
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag later advised A Haber tv that the lady was seen sitting on one of many benches on Istiklal Avenue for greater than 40 minutes. The explosion occurred simply minutes after she acquired up.
“There are two prospects,” he advised A Haber. “There’s both a mechanism positioned on this bag and it explodes, or somebody remotely explodes [it]”.
Al Jazeera has obtained photos of the lady suspected to be behind the bombing.
#الجزيرة تحصل على صور من زوايا مختلفة للسيدة المشتبه في أنها تقف وراء هجوم #اسطنبول pic.twitter.com/DgdojrKMMY
— قناة الجزيرة (@AJArabic) November 13, 2022
Sinem Koseoglu, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Turkey, mentioned officers consider she is a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Employee’s Social gathering (PKK).
Koseoglu mentioned officers consider two younger males have been additionally concerned.
