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Turkey makes more arrests in connection with deadly bombing : NPR


Relatives and friends of Arzu Ozsoy and his 15-year-old daughter Yagmur Ucar, who died in Sunday’s explosion on Istiklal Avenue, attend their funeral in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Feb. November 14, 2022.

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Relatives and friends of Arzu Ozsoy and his 15-year-old daughter Yagmur Ucar, who died in Sunday’s explosion on Istiklal Avenue, attend their funeral in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Feb. November 14, 2022.

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ISTANBUL – Turkish police have arrested more suspects in connection with a bomb attack on a busy pedestrian boulevard in Istanbul that left six people dead and dozens injured, raising the number of people detained. to 50, Turkey’s justice minister said on Tuesday.

Sunday’s blast targeted Istiklal Avenue – a street famous for its shops and restaurants – and was a stark reminder of the bombings in Turkish cities between 2015 and 2015. 2017 has stifled the public’s sense of security.

Turkish authorities blamed the attack on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, as well as Syrian Kurdish groups affiliated with the party. However, Kurdish militant groups have denied their involvement.

Police conducted raids in Istanbul hours after the explosion and arrested 47 people, including a Syrian woman, who was suspected of leaving a TNT bomb in Istiklal. Police said the woman, identified as Ahlam Albashir, had crossed the border illegally from Syria into Turkey and admitted to carrying out the attack.

On Tuesday, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said the number of suspects in custody had risen to 50, but did not provide details.

“Turkey continues its fight against terrorism with determination,” the independent news website T24 quoted the minister as saying. “No terrorist organization will succeed in any kind of plot against Turkey.”

About 80 people were hospitalized after the attack, of which at least 57 were discharged. Six of the injured are in intensive care and two of them are in serious condition, officials said.

The six people killed in the blast were members of three families and included two girls aged 9 and 15.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has been fighting an armed insurgency in Turkey since 1984. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people since then.

Ankara and Washington both consider the PKK a terrorist group, but disagree on the status of the Syrian Kurdish groups, which have allied with the US in the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria.

Turkey has been furious at US support for Kurdish militias in Syria, and on Monday, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said he rejected messages of condolence from the US. .

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