Bomb attack in Istanbul on March 19, 2016

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Place of action: the central shopping street of Istanbul

The bomb attack in Istanbul on March 19, 2016 left five people dead and 39 injured.

Sequence of events

A suicide attack was committed in the center of the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul at 11:00 a.m. local time on March 19, 2016 . The explosion occurred on the central shopping street İstiklal Caddesi in the European district of Beyoğlu , not far from Taksim Square . "A 33-year-old Turk who is said to have been an IS fighter" was identified as the attacker. He was recognized on images from a surveillance camera before the commission of the crime and, due to the heavy police presence on site, he did not achieve his actual goal. In a panic reaction, he detonated the explosive device prematurely in the shopping street, which was not very busy at the time. A DNA report should provide complete clarity about the identity of the perpetrator , for which family members of the alleged assassin have already provided the investigative bodies with hair and saliva samples. This confirmed Mehmet Özturk, who was born in Gaziantep near the border with Syria in 1992, as the perpetrator.

Victim

Five people were killed and another 39 people were injured , according to the Turkish Ministry of Health . According to the Turkish news agency Doğan , at least twelve foreigners and two children were among the injured.

nationality dead Injured total
TurkeyTurkey Turkey 1 27 28 the victim is the perpetrator
IsraelIsrael Israel 1 6th 7th
IsraelIsrael Israel and United StatesUnited StatesUnited States  2 0 2 had dual citizenship
IranIran Iran 1 1 2
IrelandIreland Ireland 0 2 2
IcelandIceland Iceland 0 1 1
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 0 1 1
unconfirmed 0 1 1
Total: 5 39 44

Reactions

Shortly after the attack, the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu called a security conference . The anti-Semitic recovery wishes of the AKP's press spokeswoman at the time , Irem Aktas via Twitter , who wished all Israeli injured people an early death immediately after the attack became known , caused some diplomatic upheaval . She was immediately removed from office and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was outraged by the omissions.

In the afternoon, the Federal Foreign Office issued a limited travel warning recommending avoiding local public transport, public spaces, tourist attractions and crowds in the whole of Istanbul in the following days.

The German consulate general in Istanbul, the embassy in Ankara and the German schools in both cities were closed as a precaution.

Five other suspects were arrested on March 19, 2016. On March 23, 2016, three more arrests were made in connection with the attack.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dead and injured in a Turkish metropolis - attack in the heart of Istanbul , tagesschau.de from March 19, 2016; accessed on March 20, 2016
  2. ↑ Press report on the perpetrator ID (Turkish)
  3. ^ Press release The New York Times of March 20, 2016
  4. ↑ a b Several dead in a suicide attack in Istanbul , Zeit Online from March 19, 2016; accessed on March 20, 2016
  5. ↑ Turkey: Dead in attack in Istanbul. In: Deutsche Welle . March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016 .
  6. ↑ a b c press report N-TV from March 20, 2016
  7. ↑ STERN press report of March 21, 2016
  8. ↑ Press report The Jerusalem Post from March 19, 2016 with crime scene video (surveillance camera) and others
  9. ↑ Turkey: Travel and Safety Advice ; Foreign Office of March 19, 2016; accessed on March 20, 2016
  10. ^ Press report N-TV from March 23, 2016
  11. ↑ ZEIT ONLINE press report from March 23, 2016

Coordinates: 41 ° 2 ′ 6.1 ″  N , 28 ° 58 ′ 51.6 ″  E