The particular person accountable for bomb assault at Istiklal Avenue, a serious native pedestrian pathway in addition to a vacationer attraction in Istanbul, has been arrested by the police, stated Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu on Monday.
Citing Minister Soylu, Anadolu Agency shared the information of the arrest via their Twitter account early Monday morning.
#URGENT Person who left bomb that brought about explosion Sunday on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue arrested by police, says Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu pic.twitter.com/I08OTC4rPb
— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) November 14, 2022
The bomb explosion on Sunday left six folks lifeless – 4 on the scene and two at a hospital, in response to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Speaking earlier than his departure to the G-20 summit in Bali, Erdogan referred to as the explosion one thing that “smells like terrorism”, and stated that its perpetrators can be punished.
About 81 folks had been wounded following the assault. Turkey has been hit with comparable lethal bombings between 2015 and 2017 by the Islamic State and outlawed Kurdish teams.