According to the statement of the Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikay, the police detained two suspects regarding the armed attack in a church in Istanbul. writes about this TASS.
The incident occurred when two masked attackers opened fire at St. Mary’s Church in Sarıyer district. A Turkish citizen named Tuncer Cihan, born in 1972, passed away. The suspects were taken to Istanbul Police Department for investigation. The prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into the incident.
Turkish police detained 47 people, including a Russian citizen, on suspicion of involvement in the January 28 church shooting, according to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As part of the investigation, operations were carried out at 30 addresses. There is also a Tajik citizen among those detained. According to Yerlikai, some of the detainees may have connections with the terrorist organization “Islamic State” banned in the Russian Federation (the organization is banned in Russia).
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said law enforcement had launched a “large-scale investigation”.
President of the country, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said that necessary measures were taken to quickly catch the criminals.
Istanbul Governor Davut Gül expressed his condolences to those who lost their lives in the attack and said that there was no other loss of life at the moment and that the police and prosecutors were continuing the investigation.
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