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The interior minister said police had arrested the ‘bomb-maker’ that went off on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue.
Turkish police have arrested a suspect in the bombings in central Istanbul that killed at least six people died and 81 others were injuredState agency Anadolu reported.
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told the news agency on Monday that the suspect in custody was “the person who left the bomb that caused the explosion” on a busy road in Turkey’s largest city.
#EMERGENCY Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the person who left the bomb that caused Sunday’s explosion on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue has been arrested by police pic.twitter.com/I08OTC4rPb
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier described Sunday’s attack on Istiklal Avenue as “brutal” and said it “smells like terrorism”.
He said initial information indicated “a woman was involved” in the attack.
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag later told A Haber broadcaster that the woman was seen sitting on one of the benches on Istiklal Avenue for more than 40 minutes. The explosion happened just minutes after she stood up.
“There are two possibilities,” he told A Haber. “There’s a mechanism put in this bag and it explodes, or someone remotely detonates it. [it]”.
Al Jazeera obtained photos of the woman suspected of being behind the bombing.
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Sinem Koseoglu, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Turkey, said officials believe she is a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Koseoglu said officials believe two young men were also involved.