'Syrian' suicide bomber detonates in Istanbul and kills ten German travellers

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[h=1]Pictured: The moment 'Syrian' suicide bomber detonates in Istanbul and kills ten German travellers, prompting warning to avoid tourist hotspots in Turkey[/h]

• Blast rocked the Sultanahmet district which is home to world-famous sites including Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia
• Corpses and body parts lay strewn across a main square after the bomb detonated near an ancient Egyptian obelisk
• At least six Germans, one Norwegian, a Peruvian and one South Korean were among those injured in the explosion
• European countries including Britain working to establish whether any of their citizens had been killed or injured
• German tourist said: 'The explosion was so loud, the ground shook. I ran away with my daughter. It was really scary'

PUBLISHED: 09:23, 12 January 2016 | UPDATED: 13:25, 12 January 2016

 

[superbeets]

This is believed to be the moment a Syrian suicide bomber blows themselves up in the heart of Istanbul's main tourism district, reportedly killing ten German travellers and injuring 15 others.
A massive explosion rocked the Sultanahmet neighbourhood where tens of thousands of tourists flock to world-famous monuments every day.
Witnesses said the blast shook buildings and could be heard across the city, while images showed corpses and body parts strewn across a square near iconic sites including the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia museum.
A picture also emerged showing a giant fireball erupting next to an Egyptian obelisk where people had gathered, however this has not been independently verified.
German media, quoting Turkish sources, said all ten people killed were German tourists. At least six Germans, one Norwegian and a Peruvian were reportedly among the wounded.
European countries including Britain said they were working to establish if any of their citizens had been killed or injured and warned travellers to avoid tourist sites in the city.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said both Turks and foreigners were among the dead, adding that the attack was carried out by a 'suicide bomber of Syrian origin'.

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This screen shot purportedly shows the moment a suspected Syrian suicide bomber blows themselves up neat to an Egyptian obelisk in the heart of Istanbul's tourism district, killing ten German tourists and injuring 15 others

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Terror in Turkey: Ten people have died and 15 others were injured when an explosion from a suspected Syrian suicide bomber ripped through a tourism district in the centre of Istanbul near the Obelisk of Theodosius (top right), a monument from ancient Egypt

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Terror attack: Bodies litter a square after an explosion ripped through the Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, the city's main tourist hub

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Horror: The blast rocked the Sultanahmet neighbourhood in central Istabnul which is visited by tens of thousands of tourists every day

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A dead body lies on the ground after an explosion near by Blue Mosque in the Sultanahmet district of central Istanbul

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Police cordoned off the area to shocked passers-by and tourists and the nearby tram service has been halted amid fears of a second blast

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Turkish police officers search the area after an explosion near the famous Blue Mosque in the Sultanahmet district of central Istanbul

 

[superbeets]

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus added that the bomber was a 28-year-old Syrian national, while two senior Turkish security officials said there was a high probability ISIS were responsible.
The blast struck at 8.20am GMT around the Obelisk of Theodosius, a monument from ancient Egypt which was re-erected by the Roman Emperor Theodosius and is one of the city's most eye-catching monuments.
Police cordoned off the area to shocked passers-by and tourists and the nearby tram service has been halted amid fears of a second blast.
A German tourist named Caroline said: 'The explosion was so loud, the ground shook. There was a very heavy smell that burned my nose.
'I started running away with my daughter. We went into a nearby building and stayed there for half an hour. It was really scary.'



Erdem Koroglu, who was working at a nearby office, told NTV television he saw several people lying on the ground.
'It was difficult to say who was alive or dead,' he said. 'Buildings rattled from the force of the explosion.'
Another witness said: 'The explosion was very loud. We shook a lot. We ran out and saw body parts.'
Turkey's Dogan news agency reported that at least six Germans, one Norwegian and a Peruvian were among the wounded, while Seoul's Foreign Ministry said one South Korean had a finger injury

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On high alert: Police sealed off the area, barring people from approaching the scene in case of a second blast

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Turkey is on edge after a series of deadly attacks by ISIS including a double suicide bombing in Ankara in October that left 103 dead

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Police forensic experts work on the scene of the explosion in central Istanbul which has killed at least ten people and injured 15 others

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Police move people on as they secure an area at the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul amid fears of a second explosion

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Tourism terror: The blast occurred next to the Obelisk of Theodosius, a monument from ancient Egypt, near world-famous sites including the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace and the Hagia Sophia museum

 

[superbeets]

I condemn the terror incident in Istanbul assessed to be an attack by a suicide bomber with Syrian origin,' Erdogan told a lunch for Turkish ambassadors in Ankara in a speech broadcast live on television.
'Unfortunately we have 10 dead including foreigners and Turkish nationals,' Erdogan told a lunch for Turkish ambassadors in Ankara, in a speech broadcast live on television.
'This incident has once again showed that as a nation we should act as one heart, one body in the fight against terror. Turkey's determined and principled stance in the fight against terrorism will continue to the end.'
Omer Celik, the spokesman for Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's ruling party, issued a statement condemning what he called 'a heinous attack.'
Germany warned its nationals to avoid tourist sites in Istanbul, a city of about 14 million people that has been hit several times in the past by deadly attacks.
'Travellers in Istanbul are strongly urged to avoid for now large groups of people in public places as well as tourist attractions' and to stay informed via official travel advisories and the media, the foreign ministry said.
The ministry warned of possible 'political tensions as well as violent clashes and terrorist attacks across the country', adding that tourists should avoid large demonstrations.
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said officials are working to verify whether any Britons were killed.
Mr Hammond said the Government knows tourists were 'involved' in the explosion and promised to update MPs during Foreign Office questions if any news about UK nationals emerges.
Opening the Commons session, he said: 'I wonder if I might just take a few seconds to update the House on the breaking news coming in from Istanbul where an explosion has occurred in the Sultanahmet area, killing at least 10 people, with many more injured.
'This is a tourist area of the city and we already know that some tourists are involved in this incident.
'We are at the moment seeking to verify whether any British nationals are involved and if we get any news on that during the course of the next hour I will update the House accordingly.
'In the meantime, I offer my sympathies to the victims and their families and everyone else affected by the attack.'

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Police secure the area after an explosion near the Ottoman-era Sultanahmet mosque, known as the Blue mosque in Istanbul, Turkey

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The Sultanahmet neighbourhood is home to the city's biggest concentration of monuments and is visited by thousands of tourists a day

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Police cordoned off the area to shocked passers-by and tourists and the nearby tram service has been halted amid fears of a second blast

A spokeswoman for the Norwegian Foreign Ministry in Oslo said the office is working with the embassy in Turkey to check media reports of Norwegian citizens among the wounded.
Turkey is on alert after 103 people were killed on October 10 when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd of peace activists in Ankara, the bloodiest attack in the country's modern history.
That attack was blamed on ISIS, as were two other deadly bombings in the country's Kurdish-dominated southeast earlier in the year.
Turkish authorities have in recent weeks detained several suspected ISIS members, with officials saying they were planning attacks in Istanbul.
The country is also dealing with more than two million Syrian refugees and a wave of migrants from Syria and other countries pouring across Turkey to Europe.
But Turkey is also waging an all-out assault on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) which has staged dozens of deadly attacks against members of the security forces in the southeast.
The PKK launched an insurgency against the Turkish state in 1984, initially fighting for Kurdish independence although now more for greater autonomy and rights for the country's largest ethnic minority.
The conflict, which has left tens of thousands of people dead, looked like it could be nearing a resolution until an uneasy truce was shattered in July.
A Kurdish splinter group, the Freedom Falcons of Kurdistan (TAK), claimed a mortar attack on Istanbul's second international airport on December 23 which killed a female cleaner and damaged several planes.
Meanwhile, the banned ultra-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) has also staged a string of usually small-scale attacks in Istanbul over the last months.

 

[superbeets]

That is Turkey off the Holiday destination.


The tourist industry will collapse soon. That includes Europe.


They still have tourists in Turkey? Why?

 

[Willie99]

is it time to talk about refugee control? or do we have to wait on that?

how fucking stupid can libtards be? more concerned about taking guns from law abiding Americans than they are about vetting Muslims allowed to enter the country

economic anchors, parasites, high school drop outs and people living in poverty, that's their base, that's no joke

 

[GasMan]

is it time to talk about refugee control? or do we have to wait on that?

how fucking stupid can libtards be? more concerned about taking guns from law abiding Americans than they are about vetting Muslims allowed to enter the country

economic anchors, parasites, high school drop outs and people living in poverty, that's their base, that's no joke

Spot fkin on.

 

[vitterd]

Spot fkin on.

I know Obama is responsible for France.....is he responsible for Germany now?

do you nitwits ever get tired of not knowing shit?

ps.....if people in poverty and high school dropouts didn't vote in 2008 and 2012.....Obama is still president. Dummies.

 

[hehateme82]

I know Obama is responsible for France.....is he responsible for Germany now?

do you nitwits ever get tired of not knowing shit?

ps.....if people in poverty and high school dropouts didn't vote in 2008 and 2012.....Obama is still president. Dummies.

Liberal immigration policy is to blame in Germany and France. USA, scary as it is, is following this trend.

 

[SheriffJoe]

is it time to talk about refugee control? or do we have to wait on that?

how fucking stupid can libtards be? more concerned about taking guns from law abiding Americans than they are about vetting Muslims allowed to enter the country

economic anchors, parasites, high school drop outs and people living in poverty, that's their base, that's no joke

:Carcajada::Carcajada::Carcajada::Carcajada::Carcajada:

 

[vitterd]

is it time to talk about refugee control? or do we have to wait on that?

how fucking stupid can libtards be? more concerned about taking guns from law abiding Americans than they are about vetting Muslims allowed to enter the country

economic anchors, parasites, high school drop outs and people living in poverty, that's their base, that's no joke

Terrorists wanna get here because they know they can get enough ammo for war without a problem.

Glad Obama didn't wait on republican congress to do something about gun violence. Congressional repubs are bought and paid for by NRA. They care about the baby in the womb but not about kids in classrooms getting shot. Makes sense.

 

[hehateme82]

Terrorists wanna get here because they know they can get enough ammo for war without a problem.

Glad Obama didn't wait on republican congress to do something about gun violence. Congressional repubs are bought and paid for by NRA. They care about the baby in the womb but not about kids in classrooms getting shot. Makes sense.

How did the terrorists get all that ammo in the France attacks?

 

[vitterd]

How did the terrorists get all that ammo in the France attacks?

Don't know......what's happening here is more of my concern. United States has more of a direct impact on me and my family.

The Sheriff Joe answer of " oh well, we have a 2nd amendment" is no longer a legit reason to keep doing nothing. Think about being a slave to something written decades before advanced modern civilization. It's beyond silly.

 

[ScottL]

This is Bodrom Turkey where MTV has 'The Challenge'. Place is a paradise:

 

[ScottL]

You think ISIS wouldn't want to replace the Turkish flags in the background here with 2 of their own?

 

[GasMan]

I know Obama is responsible for France.....is he responsible for Germany now?

do you nitwits ever get tired of not knowing shit?

ps.....if people in poverty and high school dropouts didn't vote in 2008 and 2012.....Obama is still president. Dummies.

Please point out where Willie says anything in his post about France or Germany.

Signed,
Logical Fallacy