The terrorist who shook Istanbul speaks: Why did I do it, this is who I work for

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The terrorist who shook Istanbul speaks: Why did I do it, this is who I work for

The Istanbul Police Department has issued a statement about the bomb attack that happened on Sunday, on "Taksim Istiklal" street in the "Beyolu" neighborhood of Istanbul.

In this regard, the Istanbul police announced that 1200 security cameras were examined, which saw the routes of the suspected woman who planted the bomb to the scene of the incident.

"It was established that the person left the scene by taxi and went to the Esenler neighborhood, and an operation was carried out at 21 addresses, which were found to be in contact with the person in the physical-technical study", it was said in Istanbul police statement.

As for the identity of the suspect, it has been said that in the operation carried out at the specified address at 02.50, the Syrian citizen Ahlam Albashir, who is supposed to have committed the act, was captured alive.

"During interrogation, the person stated that he was trained as a special intelligence officer by the PKK/PYD/YPG terrorist organization and that he illegally entered our country through Afrin to take action," the Istanbul Police Department said in a statement.

The studies started in connection with the incident continue in a multifaceted way, it was said at the end of the statement. In the meantime, foreign media have also distributed images which are said to show the moment of the arrest by the Istanbul Police Department of the person suspected of leaving the bomb.

Turkey's Interior Minister, Suleyman Soylu, had earlier made a statement about the bomb attack. Soylu stated that the person who threw the bomb on Beyoğlu Istiklal Street was detained by the Istanbul Police Department.

"In the operation undertaken, 46 people were caught and detained, while in the interrogation of the persons it was determined that the person who planted the bomb was located at an address in the Küçükçekmece region. An operation was carried out at the specified address at 02:50 and the person (woman) Ahlam Albashir of Syrian origin was captured alive. During the interrogation, she stated that she was prepared by the terrorist organization PKK/PYD/YPG as an element of special intelligence and that she entered the country from the Syrian region of Afrin through illegal routes to carry out the act," the statement said.

Authorities said six people were killed and 81 wounded in Sunday's blast on Istiklal Avenue, a famous street lined with shops and restaurants that leads to the iconic Taksim Square.


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