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An explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul on Sunday afternoon, with Turkey’s president calling the incident a “bomb attack” and saying it “smacks of terrorism.” At least 81 were injured and police say a woman may have been behind the blast. Among those who died was Yusuf Meydan and his little daughter Ecrin.
Turkey’s Family and Social Services Minister Derya Yanik said: “I curse this treacherous attack that killed a father and his daughter. As a state, we support the families of our brothers and sisters who lost their lives and our wounded people with all our means. No pocket of evil will be able to disturb our unity and solidarity.”
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Earlier, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that those behind the terror attacks “will fail today as they did yesterday and will fail again tomorrow.” Our people can be sure that those responsible for the attack will be punished as they deserve,” he said. He added that initial information suggested “a woman played a role” in the attack.
“It would be wrong to say that this is definitely a terrorist attack, but the initial developments and the initial intelligence from my governor is that it smacks of terrorism.”Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said detectives are searching for a woman seen near the scene of the explosion “We were told that you see a woman sitting on one of the benches there for a certain period of time, for more than 40 minutes, then she gets up, and after a minute or two minutes after getting up, an explosion happens,” said.
He said. Images taken moments after the blast show terrified people fleeing the scene. “When I heard the explosion, I was petrified, people froze, looking at each other. Then people started running away. What else can be done?” said restaurant worker Mehmet Akus.
“My relatives called me, they know I work in Istiklal. I reassured them,” he added. Five prosecutors have been assigned to investigate the explosion, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Turkey’s regulator RTUK imposed a broadcast ban on coverage of the blast about an hour after it happened. It prevents broadcasters from showing videos of the moment of the explosion or its aftermath.
Istiklal Avenue is a popular pedestrian thoroughfare for tourists and locals alike and is lined with shops and restaurants. Turkey suffered several deadly bombings between 2015 and 2017 by the Islamic State and Kurdish outlaw groups.
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