President Erdoğan declaring that the perpetrators of the explosion in Sultanahmet are suicide bombers has said, “It is a bomb attack by suicide bomber of Syrian origin”.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has condemned the Jan. 12 explosion in Istanbul’s touristic Sultanahmet neighborhood, which killed 10 and injured 15, describing it as a suicide attack of Syrian origin
An explosion occurred on Jan. 12 in Istanbul’s touristic Sultanahmet Square, killing 10 while wounding at least 15. Here are four things to know about the explosion
Medical teams rush injured people to hospital after a large explosion in central Istanbul on Tuesday. Turkish police sealed off the Sultanahmet district, where the explosion happened. The area is popular with tourists and includes the Topkapi Palace and Blue Mosque. Photograph: Osman Orsal/Reuters
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