Turkish police say they have detained a Syrian woman who confessed to planting a bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, killing six people.
The Associated PressPolice work in the area of a fatal explosion on the shopping street of Istiklal in Istanbul on Sunday.Six people were killed and several dozen others were wounded in Sunday's explosion on Istiklal Avenue, a popular thoroughfare lined with shops and restaurants that leads to the iconic Taksim Square.
The suspected allegedly departed the scene in a taxi after leaving TNT-type explosives on the crowded avenue, police said. Soylu also blamed the United States, saying a condolence message from the White House was akin to a "killer being first to show up at a crime scene." Turkey has been infuriated by U.S. support for Syrian Kurdish groups.In its condolence message, the White House said it strongly condemned the "act of violence" in Istanbul, adding: "We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our NATO ally [Turkey] in countering terrorism.
Soylu said of the 81 people who were hospitalized, 50 were discharged. Five of the wounded were in intensive care and two of them were in life-threatening condition, he said. The six who were killed in the blast were members of three families and included a 15-year-old and a nine-year-old.Istiklal Avenue was reopened to pedestrian traffic at 6 a.m. local time on Monday after police concluded inspections at the scene. People began leaving carnations at the site of the blast.
Ankara and Washington consider the PKK a terrorist group but they diverge on the issue of the Syrian Kurdish groups, which have fought against the Islamic State group in Syria.
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