Al-Madinah News:- A senior Turkish official said, on Tuesday, that Ankara intends to pursue targets in northern Syria after completing an operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party militants in northern Iraq, after an explosion in Istanbul at the beginning of the week.
The Turkish government accuses the Kurdish militants of being behind the explosion, which occurred on Sunday in a crowded street in Istanbul and resulted in the death of 6 and the injury of more than 80.
The official said that the threats posed by the Kurdish militants or ISIS to Turkey are unacceptable, adding that Ankara will eliminate threats on its southern borders “in one way or another. ”
More arrests
On Tuesday, Turkish Minister of Justice Bakir Bozdag said that the Turkish police arrested more suspects related to the attack that targeted Istiklal Street in Istanbul.
The explosion of Istiklal Street – a famous street on both sides of the stores and restaurants – a blatant memory shape of the bombings that targeted the Turkish cities between 2015 and 2017, which eliminated the Turkish citizen’s sense of security.
Details of the attack
-The Turkish authorities blamed the attack on the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, as well as its Syrian Kurdish groups, which denied any role in the bombing.
-The police carried out raids in Istanbul after several hours of the explosion and arrested 47 people, including a Syrian woman suspected of setting a bomb. Loaded with TNT in the street. The police said that the woman, whose name is Ahlam Al-Bashir, crossed the border to Turkey from Syria illegally and confessed to carrying out the attack. At least-the six-year-old victims of the explosion belong to three families, including two girls, 9 and 15 years old.
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