Bombing June 2016 Istanbul bombing
the Şehzade mosque close site of bombing , windows shattered force of blast.
the attack targeted Çevik kuvvet police forces changing guard in front of faculty of sciences , literature of istanbul university. attack occurred on Şehzadebaşı avenue, in front of hotel between vezneciler bus station , police station. site close beyazıt square, major tourist attraction. bombing occurred @ morning rush hour. bomb reportedly remotely detonated. eyewitness reported car exploded, whether bomb-laden car moving or parked @ time of explosion reportedly under investigation.
the force of bombing overturned police bus, damaged other nearby vehicles , heavily damaged entrance of hotel. dorm close site of explosion damaged bombing, fragments of bomb shattering windows , entering students rooms. damage , shattered windows reported on wide area, including @ 16th-century Şehzade mosque.
perpetrator
no organization claimed responsibility bombing. initial assessments mete yarar, security analyst, stated 3 organizations active in turkey, kurdistan workers party (pkk), isil or revolutionary people s liberation party/front (dhkp-c) responsible blast. cevat Öneş, former assistant undersecretary of national intelligence organization, stated there high probability pkk responsible attack, though chances of perpetrator being isil should not disregarded.
on 10 june, kurdistan freedom hawks (tak) claimed responsibility attack, claiming turkey no longer safe foreign tourists visit. assailant announced tak eylem yaşa, codenamed eylem nawroz , had joined tak in 2011 , 32 years old @ time of bombing. diyarbakır had spent of life in antalya , part of brigade of immortal of tak.
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