Istanbul Explosion: A suspect involved in a major suicide attack in Istanbul, Turkey has been arrested. According to the English-language Twitter account of Anadolu Agency, Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said on Monday (November 14) that the person who carried out the Istanbul Explosion was arrested by the police.
He has accused the Kurdistan Workers Party of being behind the bomb blast. On Sunday (November 13) evening, there was a loud explosion in a busy area in the middle of Istanbul. At least 6 people died and 81 people were injured in this blast.
Suspicion of involvement of three people in the blast
After the attack, Al Jazeera, quoting sources, claimed in its report that three people were involved in the attack, one of whom is a woman and two youths. After the attack, the CCTV footage installed in the area was scanned. In this, a suspicious woman was seen coming out after dropping a bag inside the street at the blast site. A few minutes later there was a loud explosion. It is believed that there was a bomb in this bag. Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay called the blast a terrorist attack on the country. He suspected a woman’s hand behind the attack.
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According to the police, the blast took place at Istiklal Street around 4:15 pm on Sunday evening. There was a Kafa crowd at the time of the blast. In the blast, 4 people died on the spot and 2 people died during treatment. According to the report of Al Jazeera, the woman who is being suspected of carrying out the blast is a member of the Women’s Kurdistan Workers Party. It is a Kurdish extremist leftist organization.
chaos after the blast
The place where the blast took place is a congested road which is very popular among tourists and locals. There are also many shops and restaurants here. There was a crowd of people at the time of the blast. There was chaos after the blast. After the blast, the police cordoned off the entire area. The police banned the entry in the entire area. The police sealed the area and started their investigation by taking all the CCTV cameras installed there. On the traces of these CCTV footage, the police succeeded in arresting the suspect involved in the blast.