At least 46 people have been arrested so far for the bloody attack on Istiklal Street yesterday afternoon.
The young woman who was arrested and accused of planting the bomb that killed six people yesterday, Sunday, in Istanbul, is of Syrian nationality and has confessed to her act, Turkish police announced today, as reported by local media.
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According to police, the Syrian-born woman confessed to acting “under orders from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party” (PKK) and receiving instructions for the attack in Kobani, northeast Syria.
The young woman was arrested along with other suspects in an apartment in Kiucukcekmetce, a suburb of Istanbul.
See: Video of the arrest of the alleged perpetrator
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu claimed that the suspect was preparing to “escape to Greece”.
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Soylu, who went to the site of the explosion again today, announced that 46 people have been arrested so far, the day after this attack on Istiklal Street, one of Istanbul’s busiest thoroughfares, yesterday, Sunday afternoon.
“Operations are continuing” to arrest other suspects, the Turkish minister said. “They wanted to send us a message, we received it and we will respond in the strictest way,” he stressed.
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