Dead and injured in "Terror" explosion in Istanbul: Photo shows alleged accomplice
Created: 2022-11-13, 21:23
At least six people die in an explosion in Istanbul.
The Turkish government assumes terrorism.
All information in the news ticker.
Heavy
explosion
in the middle of
Istanbul
: at least six dead and 53 injured
Erdogan
speaks of a
"sneaky attack"
: the number of victims is increasing
The
news ticker
about the
explosion
in the Istiklal shopping street
in Istanbul
is constantly updated.
Update from November 13, 9:17 p.m
.: Turkish media published a photo of a suspicious woman who is said to be connected to the attack.
The recording apparently comes from a surveillance camera, said the online medium Nexta on Twitter.
The photo shows a woman in a black headscarf walking on Istiklal Street with a black backpack.
She is said to have deposited the backpack near a flower pot shortly before the strong explosion and then disappeared.
Update from November 13, 8:06 p.m
.: Sunday afternoon at around 4:20 p.m., an explosion shook the center of Istanbul.
Six people were killed and 81 others injured.
Shortly thereafter, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke of a bomb attack that "smelled like terrorism"
(see also update 4:32 p.m.).
"We assume that it is a terrorist attack," Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay told journalists on Sunday evening.
According to initial findings, the explosion was caused by a bomb "which is said to have been detonated by a woman".
No one initially claimed responsibility for the explosion.
The crime scene has since been cordoned off.
The investigations are ongoing.
The investigation into the explosion in the European part of Istanbul is ongoing.
© Yasin AKGUL / AFP
Update from November 13, 7:25 p.m
.: Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier sent condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the attack in Istanbul.
"The news of the devastating explosion in the middle of busy Istanbul shook me," Steinmeier wrote, according to a statement from the Federal President's Office on Sunday.
"My thoughts are with the victims and their relatives, and my wishes for recovery go to all those injured." Steinmeier emphasized: "In this moment of shock, we Germans stand by the citizens of Istanbul and the Turkish people."
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Attack in the middle of Istanbul: Explosion apparently caused by a suicide bomber
Update from November 13, 7 p.m
.: According to the government, the attack in Istanbul with at least six dead was committed by a suicide bomber.
"We assume that it is a terrorist attack," said Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay on Sunday evening.
According to initial findings, the explosion was caused by a bomb "which is said to have been detonated by a woman".
According to a recent report, at least six people were killed and 81 others injured, two of them seriously, in the attack on a busy shopping street in Istanbul.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke of a "vile attack" after the explosion.
Update from November 13, 6:53 p.m
.: Politicians express their sympathy on social media after the explosion in Istanbul.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expressed her condolences after the attack in Istanbul.
"Terrible pictures come from Istanbul," the Green politician wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
"My thoughts are with the people who just wanted to stroll down Istiklal shopping street on a Sunday and have now been the victims of a serious explosion." Messages of condolence also came from other countries, including Greece, Egypt, Ukraine, Great Britain, Italy and Pakistan the victims.
Update from November 13, 6:14 p.m
.: A football game in the Turkish championship in Istanbul has been postponed after the explosion in the city center, reports the Nexta news portal on Twitter.
Fans are asked to leave the stadium, it said.
Area of explosion cordoned off in Istanbul
Update from November 13, 5:56 p.m
.: The explosion site in the middle of Istanbul was cordoned off over a large area.
Shops closed early, reports Oliver Mayer-Rüth, ARD Istanbul in the Tagesschau.
Shortly after the heavy explosion that killed six people, the Turkish media speculated about possible causes.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party PKK, which is considered a terrorist organization in the USA and Europe, or supporters of the Gülen movement are also suspected.
According to the ARD correspondent, however, there were numerous surveillance cameras in the shopping street, which would now be evaluated.
After the heavy explosion with fatalities in the middle of Istanbul, the Turkish police cordoned off the area around the shopping mile.
© YASIN AKGUL/afp
Heavy explosion in the middle of Istanbul: at least six dead and 53 injured
Update from November 13, 5:16 p.m
.: The Istikal shopping street in Istanbul was very busy when there was a violent explosion on Sunday afternoon.
Videos on social media show people running away and people lying lifeless on the ground in front of shop windows.
In between, destroyed flower boxes and countless splinters can be seen.
Six people died and 53 were injured, Istanbul governor Ali Yerlikaya said on Twitter.
He had previously reported that the explosion occurred around 4:20 p.m. (local time, 2:20 p.m. CET).
"Developments are shared with the public," writes Yerlikaya under his tweets.
As reported by the local press agency Yeni Safak, the Istanbul Prosecutor General's Office is to launch investigations into negative news on social media about the explosion on Istikal Street.
The bandwidth for various social media platforms should also be throttled nationwide.
The cause of the explosion in the center of Istanbul is initially unclear.
Erdogan speaks of a "sneaky attack" - the number of victims is increasing
Update from November 13, 4:32 p.m .:
The death toll in the explosion in Istanbul on Sunday has risen to six, the number of injured to 53. This was announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday.
He described the explosion as a "sneaky attack" and said that a bomb had exploded.
It might be wrong to speak definitively of terrorism, the President said.
But the metropolitan governor, Ali Yerlikaya, told him there was a "smell of terror" in the air.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
(Archive photo) © Vyacheslav Prokofyev/dpa
Explosion in Istanbul: Governor of Istanbul speaks of four fatalities and at least 38 injured
Update from November 13, 4:01 p.m .:
The governor of Istanbul, Ali Yerlikaya, announced on Twitter on Sunday afternoon that, according to initial findings, four people died and 38 were injured in the explosion on Istiklal Street.
The wounded are being treated, it said.
"We wish Allah's mercy to those who lost their lives and a speedy recovery to those injured," the governor said.
Turkey, Istanbul: Police vehicles and ambulances stand at the scene of an explosion on the popular Istiklal pedestrian street.
The governor of Istanbul, Ali Yerlikaya, tweeted on Sunday that there were injuries and deaths.
© Francisco Seco/dpa
News blackout imposed: Istanbul Prosecutor General's Office launches 'terrorist investigation'
Update from November 13, 3:42 p.m .:
The Istanbul Prosecutor General’s Office launched a “terrorist investigation” into the explosion on the well-known Istiklal shopping street in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul on Sunday, as the local press agency Yeni Safak reported.
In 2015 and 2016, Istanbul was the target of a bloody campaign of attacks to which the jihadist militia Islamic State claimed responsibility.
One of the attacks was carried out on Istiklal Street at the time.
According to the online portal
Nexta
, Turkish authorities have also banned television stations from reporting from the location of the explosion.
The German Press Agency also confirmed that the Turkish broadcasting authority Rtük had imposed a temporary news ban on the media.
Reports of the blast should be avoided to avoid fear and panic among the population, Sunday's letter said.
The broadcasters CNN Türk and TRT, for example, then interrupted their reports on the explosion on the popular shopping street.
Explosion on Istanbul's famous shopping street Istiklal on Sunday
First report from November 13:
Istanbul - On the well-known Istanbul shopping street Istiklal there was an explosion on Sunday.
"Many people" were injured, the state broadcaster TRT reported on Sunday.
The governor of Istanbul, Ali Yerlikaya, announced on Twitter on Sunday that there had been fatalities as well as injuries.
TURKEY, Istanbul: Security forces stand at the scene of an explosion that occurred on the popular Istiklal pedestrian street in Istanbul on Sunday (November 13).
© Francisco Seco/AP/dpa +++ dpa picture radio +++
Reasons for explosion at tourist hotspot in Istanbul initially unclear
The reason for the explosion in the metropolis in Turkey, which happened in the afternoon, was initially unclear.
Rescue workers and the police are on site in large numbers, it said.
The governor of Istanbul reported that the blast took place at 4:20 p.m. local time on Sunday.
At that time, the shopping street, popular with locals and tourists, was busy.
The online
medium Nexta
shared a video on Sunday afternoon showing police officers blocking the area.
On recordings on the online networks, a powerful bang was heard, followed by flames.
The images also show a large, black crater and several people lying on the ground.
According to the AFP news agency, the explosion immediately caused panic among visitors to the shopping street.
The area was immediately evacuated.
The street is a tourist hotspot in the European part of the Turkish metropolis (AFP/dpa).
