{"id":200437,"date":"2016-03-20T15:16:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T15:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=200437"},"modified":"2016-03-20T15:16:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T15:16:34","slug":"turkey-blames-isis-for-istanbul-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/turkey-blames-isis-for-istanbul-bombing\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey blames ISIS for Istanbul bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"
The suicide bomber who killed four people in Istanbul’s main shopping street belonged to so-called Islamic State (IS), the interior minister says.<\/p>\n
Efken Ala named the man as Mehmet Ozturk. He told reporters that five people had been questioned so far.<\/p>\n
Mr Ala announced a review of security measures and curfews in seven Turkish provinces.<\/p>\n
Three Israelis – two with Israeli-US nationality – and an Iranian died in the attack. Another 36 were injured.<\/p>\n
Eleven Israelis were among the injured. Two Irish citizens, one national each from Germany, Iceland, Dubai and Iran were also injured.<\/p>\n
The coffins of the Israeli nationals were being flown out on Sunday. The Israeli government advised its citizens to avoid Turkey.<\/p>\n
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“We have determined that Mehmet Ozturk, born in 1992 in Gaziantep, carried out the heinous attack on Saturday in Istanbul,” Mr Ala told a news conference in the capital Ankara<\/p>\n