Turkish police arrest suspect in Istanbul bombing - Al Jazeera English

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Interior curate says constabulary person arrested ‘the idiosyncratic who near the bomb’ that exploded connected Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue.

Turkish constabulary person arrested a fishy successful the bombing successful cardinal Istanbul that near astatine slightest six radical dormant and 81 others wounded, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told the quality bureau connected Monday that the fishy successful custody was the “person who near the weaponry that caused the explosion” connected a engaged thoroughfare successful Turkey’s largest city.

#URGENT Person who near weaponry that caused detonation Sunday connected Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue arrested by police, says Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu pic.twitter.com/I08OTC4rPb

— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) November 14, 2022

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had antecedently described Sunday’s onslaught connected Istiklal avenue arsenic “treacherous” and said it “smells similar terrorism”.

He said archetypal accusation suggested that a “woman had played a part” successful the attack.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag aboriginal told A Haber tv that the pistillate was seen sitting connected 1 of the benches connected Istiklal Avenue for much than 40 minutes. The detonation occurred conscionable minutes aft she got up.

“There are 2 possibilities,” helium told A Haber. “There’s either a mechanics placed successful this container and it explodes, oregon idiosyncratic remotely explodes [it]”.

Al Jazeera has obtained pictures of the pistillate suspected to beryllium down 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 analogous successful Turkey, said officials judge she is simply a subordinate of the outlawed Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK).

Koseoglu said officials judge 2 young men were besides involved.

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