Who is the woman who carried out the terrorist bombing in Istanbul? New details about the attack

Social media has been buzzing from the first moment to learn about the perpetrators of the terrorist bombing in Istanbul yesterday, Sunday 13/11/2020 AD, which killed at least 6 people and injured 81 others in an explosion, in a crowded area in the capital. The center of the Turkish city of Istanbul, where the details stated that the attack was carried out by a woman from Syria and linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party, but the details of the operation still raise the eyebrows of citizens looking for information.

Who is the woman who carried out the terrorist bombing in Istanbul?

And the woman who carried out the terrorist bombing in Istanbul, according to Istanbul police, is “the terrorist who carried out the bombing, a Syrian citizen named Ahlam Al-Bashir, who admitted in the investigation her connection to the PKK.”

Today, Monday, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu reported, on the account of the state-run Anadolu News Agency on Twitter in English, that the police had arrested the person who left the bomb that caused the Istanbul explosion, as it published pictures of a Turkish woman suspected of being responsible for yesterday’s bombing. Sunday on Istiklal Street in the city center. Istanbul and the island got copies of it from different angles.

Information revealed by the Turkish authorities so far indicates that the explosion occurred with a bomb that was inside a bag, or a bag that was left in the place, leaving 4 dead and dozens wounded.

Who is the woman who blew herself up in Istanbul?

Yesterday, Sunday, a large explosion occurred in the famous Istiklal Street branching from Taksim Square in the center of the Turkish city of Istanbul, as the explosion occurred shortly after 16:00 local time, at a time when a crowd of demonstrators was present. Pedestrians were thick on Istiklal Street.

The information revealed that the suspected woman was seen sitting for 45 minutes near the site of the explosion, and then left one minute before the explosion.

So the preliminary conclusions indicate that the woman did not blow herself up, and that the explosion occurred either with a self-detonating device, or from a distance.

Erdogan condemned the “despicable attack” and stressed that “initial information indicates a terrorist attack”, noting that “a woman may be involved”, without giving further details, and Erdogan promised to “reveal the identity of the perpetrators of this despicable attack.” . “So that our people can be assured that we will punish the perpetrators.”

Scenes of the moment of the explosion were spread on social media, showing flames, and the sound was heard from a far place, causing a wave of panic. Black smoke and bodies were seen on the ground.


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