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ISTANBUL - Doğan News Agency
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An explosion occurred on Jan. 12 in Istanbul’s touristic Sultanahmet Square, killing 10 while wounding at least 15, Istanbul governor's office has said.
According to reports by private broadcaster CNN Türk, the explosion occurred by the obelisk of Theodosius in the touristic Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul’s Fatih district.
According to Istanbul's governor's office, 10 people have been killed in the explosion while at least 15 people have been reported wounded.
4:55 p.m. Turkish PM says all victims killed in the Sultanahmet suicide attack are foreigners while the suicide bomber is an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant.
4:35 p.m. The suicide bomber who committed the attack in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square has been identified as Saudi-born Nabil Fadli. Investigations continue to reveal the militant’s connections, Doğan News Agency has reported.
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş had announced at a press conference that the suicide bomber was a man of Syrian origin born in 1988.
4:00 p.m. The Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly president Anne Brasseur has “strongly condemned” the attack in Istanbul while expressing her support for Turkey and condolences to the Turkish people.
“Turkey can count on our support in combating terrorism and violent extremism. It is the duty of all democratic political forces to stand up against radicalisation and the hatred that fuel violent extremism and terrorism,” Brasseur’s statement said.
3:50 p.m. The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released an official statement on its website, condemning the attack in Istanbul.
“We unequivocally condemn the abhorrent terrorist suicide attack that took place this morning in Istanbul,” the statement said, adding that Greece stands in solidarity with the Turkish people.
3: 40 p.m. Turkish PM Davutoğlu has informed Merkel that most of the victims are German and extended his condolences.
Davutoğlu has reportedly told Merkel that an investigation is being carried out delicately and that all necessary information will be shared with German authorities.
3:20 p.m. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Istanbul and extended his condolences to the families of the victims.
“My thoughts are with those injured, with the Turkish people, and with all the other nations affected,” he said.
“There can be no justification for such attacks. All NATO allies stand united in the fight against all forms of terrorism,” Stoltenberg added.
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Reportedly, self killing terrorist bomber was from Syria.
At this time remains unclear how anybody could conclude this if it has blown himself to peaces.
Reportedly most of victims were German tourists.
Now, anybody who remembers anything about the Third Reich knows that Turk Muslims were preferred Hitler allies because their fighters shared similar world view.
For Turk Muslims it was perfect to die in fight for a just cause. They got 2 virgins in the Turk heaven.
Later on ISIL raised that to 72 virgins, probably because of the inflation of the US$ over 8+ decades.
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