Members of the police carry the body of an unidentified man following an explosion on the busy pedestrian Istiklal street on November 13, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. Reuters / Kemal Aslan
Istanbul, Turkey blamed Kurdish militants for Monday's deadly blast in Istanbul's Beyoglu that killed six people, and police have so far detained 47 people, including a Syrian woman, on suspicion of the attack.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for Sunday evening's blast, and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have denied involvement in the attack.
81 people were also injured in the blast.
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu blamed the PKK and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia for the blast. Similarly, last year also an incident happened in Turkey which reminded me.
The PKK has denied involvement and says it will not attack civilians.
Police have named the suspected attacker as Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian citizen.
According to police, Albashir said during interrogation that she was trained by Kurdish militants and entered Turkey via Afrin, a city in northern Syria.
A Turkish official said the possibility of Islamic State being responsible for the attack "has not been completely ruled out."
Officials said 24 of the injured were still in hospital, including two in critical condition, while another 57 were discharged after treatment.
Source: Reuters