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Anadolu Company says police have arrested ‘the one who 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 individuals lifeless and 81 others wounded, in line with the state-run Anadolu Company.
Inside Minister Suleyman Soylu instructed the information company on Monday that the suspect in custody was the “one that left the bomb that brought on the explosion” on a busy thoroughfare in Turkey’s largest metropolis.
#URGENT One who left bomb that brought on 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 stated it “smells like terrorism”.
He stated preliminary data prompt {that a} “lady had performed an element” within the assault.
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag later instructed A Haber tv that the girl 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 potentialities,” he instructed A Haber. “There’s both a mechanism positioned on this bag and it explodes, or somebody remotely explodes [it]”.
Al Jazeera has obtained footage of the girl 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, stated officers consider she is a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Employee’s Celebration (PKK).
Koseoglu stated officers consider two younger males had been additionally concerned.