The attack was carried out by two armed hooded men who entered the church during service and one fatally shot a non-Christian Turkish citizen. Late last night, the Turkish Minister of the Interior, Ali Gerlikaya, announced that the two people were arrested, they are foreigners, one from Tajikistan and the other Russian.

“According to our assessment,” the Turkish minister said, “the two suspects are members of ISIS,” adding that they will undergo interrogation. Gerlikaya also said that Turkish police immediately raided more than 30 addresses in Istanbul and that at least 47 suspects have been arrested. In the meantime, in a statement to KMD, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that their target is Jews and Christians. According to information, the attack would have caused several casualties, but one suspect’s gun jammed. President Tayyip Erdogan called the priest of the church to express his condolences and the Consul General of Poland, who was in the church at the time of the attack with his family.

Pope Francis expressed his condolences and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew offered his condolences to the Roman Catholic bishop of Constantinople. “No one should allow fear to prevail at the expense of social peace and the harmonious coexistence of religious communities in the country,” the Ecumenical Patriarch said.

Yesterday’s attack reminded everyone of the deadly ISIS attacks in Turkey where more than 300 people have lost their lives since 2013. Some even point out that while synagogues are barred from entering foreigners, Catholic and Orthodox churches are open to all. the visitors.