Suspect of Istanbul's bomb blast confesses - Police
14 Nov 2022 08:44pm
An explosion hit the busy Istiklal Avenue on the European side of Istanbul last Sunday. - EPA Photo
The Istanbul Police Department said in a statement that the suspect was a Syrian national named Ahlam Albashir and she confessed that she received the attack order from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its offspring in Syria, the People's Protection Units (YPG), reported Xinhua.
The PKK/ YPG are both listed as terror organisations by Ankara.
Albashir said she was trained as a special intelligence officer by the terror organisations and entered Türkiye illegally through Afrin, Syria, with the attack plan, according to the police.
On Sunday, an explosion hit the busy Istiklal Avenue on the European side of Istanbul at 4.20 pm local time (1320 GMT), leaving six dead and 81 wounded.
The explosive used in the attack was trinitrotoluene TNT, one of the high-powered explosives, the police said in a separate statement.
The state-run Anadolu agency said 46 suspects, including the assaulter, have been detained in police operations carried out at 21 addresses in Istanbul.
Meanwhile, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu on Monday visited the scene twice and left carnations in memory of those who lost their lives. - BERNAMA
