Suspect in anbul bomb attack that left 6 dead arrested, says interior miner
The person responsible for bomb attack at iklal Avenue, a major local pedestrian pathway as well as a tour attraction in anbul, has been arrested the police, said Interior Miner Suleyman Soylu on Monday.
Citing Miner Soylu, Anadolu Agency shared the news of the arrest through their Twitter account early Monday morning.
#URGENT Person who left bomb that caused explosion Sunday on anbul’s iklal Avenue arrested police, says Interior Miner Suleyman Soylu pic.twitter.com/I08OTC4rPb
— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) November 14, 2022
The bomb explosion on Sunday left six people dead – four at the scene and two at a hospital, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Speaking before his departure to the G-20 summit in Bali, Erdogan called the explosion something that “smells like terrorism”, and said that its perpetrators would be punished.
About 81 people were wounded following the attack. Turkey has been hit with similar deadly bombings between 2015 and 2017 the Islamic State and outlawd Kurdish groups.
