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Two people were injured as a result of the explosion in the center of Istanbul
In Istanbul, an explosion thundered in the Sultanbayli area, as a result of which two people were injured. According to preliminary information, the incident occurred at 15:00 local time (16:00 Moscow time). As Ihlas Haber Ajansi , the explosive device was in the trash can.
Currently, police officers are working at the scene. The causes and circumstances of the incident are clarified. DHA journalists report that the explosive device was laid in the urn near the bus stop. The sappers who arrived at the place neutralized the remaining parts of the bomb.
Haberturk has already published a video from the scene. It shows that one of the sides of the street - the one on which the explosion occurred is blocked. A large number of police officers are on the spot. According to the publication, two people in masks were put an explosive device in the urn.
Gaziosmanpaşa'da otobüs durağına bırakılan dolu tüp fünye ile böyle patlatıldı! https://t.co/c0qbypypv pic.twitter.com/nt3wropi4o
- Haberturk (@haberturk) February 4, 2016
On January 18, several people were injured as a result of an explosion in the courtyard of a school in the province of Kilis in the southeast of Turkey. According to local authorities, the reason was the breakdown of a mortar mine released from the territory of neighboring Syria.
Four days before, in the south-east of Turkey in the city of Diyarbakyr exploded a car from a police station filled with explosives. As a result, five people were killed, another 36 people were injured. The Turkish authorities accused of a terrorist attack of the militants of the Kurdistan (RPK) worker prohibited in the country. At the same time, so far no group took responsibility for the explosion.
On January 13, three Russians were detained in Turkey, suspected of relations with the Islamic State terrorist group (IG, Daish , prohibited in Russia). Citizens of the Russian Federation were detained in the resort of the Turkish city of Antalya during the anti -terrorist raid conducted after the attack in Istanbul on Sultananmet Square.
The explosion in the center of Istanbul thundered on January 12 in the area of Sultananmet Square, where there are a number of tourist attractions of the city, which are visited by many people daily. 10 people became its victims, another 15 were injured.
Among the dead are only foreigners, the majority are German citizens. Among the victims are Norwegian tourists and citizen of South Korea. After the incident, law enforcement agencies increased security measures around the Sultananmet Square. The police did not exclude the presence of a second terrorist or another laid bomb.
After the incident, Turkish Prime Minister Akhmet Davutoglu gathered an emergency meeting on security issues. It was attended by members of the government and the heads of law enforcement agencies and intelligence. Reuters sources in Turkish law enforcement agencies have stated a high probability of involvement in the incident of militants of the Islamic State group banned in Russia.
Shortly after the Turkish authorities, the explosion was arranged by the suicide bomber. His personality has already been established . This is the 27-year-old Syrian Nabil Fadley, the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Numan Kurtulmush told reporters.