The Bulgarian authorities announced, on Saturday, November 19, 2022, that they arrested five people suspected of being involved in the bombing that occurred on Taksim Street in Istanbul, on November 13 at a time when Turkish security sources revealed the contents of the bomb that exploded.
A spokeswoman for the Bulgarian Prosecutor, Sika Meliva, said that “3 people with Moldovan citizenship and 2 of Arab origin were arrested, and added in a statement to the Bulgarian News Agency that the arrest of the five suspects came as a result of fruitful cooperation with the Turkish security authorities.
Bulgarian media reported that the suspects who were arrested entered the Bulgarian lands illegally after 3 days of bombing.
“Among the five detainees is Imran Abdel -Rami, the close assistant to the terrorist Bilal Hassan, who is required to the red bulletin by the International Interpol,” the Turkish Anatolia Agency said.
In parallel, Turkish security teams arrested two people suspected of new in the Istanbul bombing, and the Anatolia Agency quoted Turkish security teams as saying that “the suspect is believed to be an enforced terrorist bombing, Ahlam Al -Bashir, and the suspect fugitive Bilal Hassan to cross from Syria to Turkey in a way other than legitimacy”.
In a related context, the Anatolia Agency quoted Turkish security sources as saying that the bomb used in the bombing of a division was provided with nails, iron pieces, and shots of fishing hooks to increase their effect.
The agency indicated that the teams concerned with the Istanbul Security Directorate continued to examine the parts of the bomb used in the bombing and believed that they were time, adding that the remains of the “TNT” and “cellulose nitro” materials in the evidence.
The bombing took place on Sunday, in a crowded hour on Taksim Street, killing 6 civilians and wounding 81 others, according to Turkish Vice President Fouad Oqtai.
The General Security Directorate in Istanbul, on Monday, November 14, 2022, announced that “the bombing of the bombing admitted during the investigation of its affiliation with the BK/ YPG/ BYD terrorist organization,” according to the Anatolia Agency.
The Security Directorate statement added that “the terrorist received instructions to implement the operation from the BKK/ BYD/ YPG in the Syrian city of Ain Al -Arab. ” He pointed out that “the arrest of the terrorists came yet Check 1,200 camera records, and arrest 46 suspects in raids targeting 21 titles.
For his part, the Turkish Interior Minister, Suleiman Sweilo, said that the execution of the bombing said that “the organization was intending to smuggle it to Greece upon its initial interrogation, and repeatedly said that in its statement in the prosecution and the court. ”
While a document of the Public Prosecution in Turkey revealed that Al -Bashir was intending to carry out the bombing on Istiklal Street in the Taksim area on November 12, but it postponed it to the 13th of the same month.
It is noteworthy that the Istanbul bombing sparked regional and international anger, and Ankara vowed that it would punish those responsible for the operation..
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