VIDEO SHOWS THE CAPTURE OF A SUSPECT IN THE ISTANBUL TERROR ATTACK

Mon 14 November 2022:

images of Turkish security forces apprehending a suspect believed to be responsible for a devastating blast on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue surfaced on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported.

Footages from 1,200 surveillance cameras showed the terrorist’s movements until she arrived at Taksim to leave the bomb and then took a taxi from the attack scene to travel to Istanbul’s Esenler district, the Istanbul Police Department said in a statement.

The police raided 21 addresses for people who had been found to be in contact with the Taksim terrorist attack perpetrator, it added.

“During the operation, 46 people were caught and arrested, and it was found that the person who left the bomb went to an address in the Kucukcekmece district,” it said.

The suspect, whose escape path was also identified, was later arrested by anti-terror forces during an overnight operation at a hideaway in the Kucukcekmece neighborhood, which is west of the attack scene.

The suspect, identified by the letters A.A., is a 23-year-old Syrian national who entered Turkey through the northwest Syrian region of Afrin, according to the authorities.

Police forces also revealed the pictures of her arrest that were taken during the raid on the suspect’s hiding place.

In her police interrogation, the suspect said she was trained as a special intelligence officer by the PKK/PYD/YPG terrorist group and she entered Türkiye illegally through Syria’s Afrin.

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The terrorist acknowledged that she had carried out the bombing at approximately 4:20 PM (1320 GMT) on Sunday, receiving the command from the terrorist group’s Kobani, Syria, base.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu had earlier on Monday claimed that the person who had planted the device on the busy street, which was frequented by tourists and shoppers, had been detained.

The terrorist attack on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue, which left at least six people dead and 81 injured, was condemned by world leaders.

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