Terrorist sow death and destruction in Istanbul

Terrorist sow death and destruction in Istanbul

World January 12, 2016 20:49

- By a stop Tuesday in the tourist heart of Istanbul are ten dead and at least fifteen wounded. A terrorist blew himself up amidst a group vacationers. Among the dead are at least eight Germans and a man from Peru. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague has no evidence that the Dutch are among the victims.


         The explosion occurred
Tuesday morning for one of the busiest areas of Istanbul, Sultanahmet Square. Turkish media reported that the perpetrator blew himself up at a group of about twenty tourists. The Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced Tuesday in the capital Ankara to
the perpetrator was a 28-year-old Syrian member of Islamic State (IS). The Turkish news agency Dogan reported that the culprit may be a man from Saudi Arabia, born in September 1988.
A number of injured is in bad shape. Davutoglu held crisis talks after the attack with the Ministers of Interior and Foreign Affairs and with the top of the intelligence services and police. The prime minister said that the extremist was not of suspects who were monitored on a list. According to Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus the Turks,, thousands of militants in the holes. The government announced for security reasons, following the attack on a media silence.
The German government said he was shocked by the terrorist attack. Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke of a murderous act.,, The terrorists are enemies of all free people, yes they are enemies of all mankind. '' It was initially reported that nine Germans were among the dead. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier later reported it to
is at least eight Germans.
Harsh Germans were enough traveling with the organization Lebenslust Turistik. The agency expressed shocked.
Bert Koenders, Minister of Foreign Affairs spoke of a,, dramatic attack in the heart of the tourist center Istanbul. It shows, according to him,, again see the huge threat of terrorism to the world, '' and,, especially for a country like Turkey which is in a very difficult region and are already dealing with a number of major attacks had ''.

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