| October 2016 Istanbul bombing | |
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| Part of theKurdish–Turkish conflict | |
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| Location | Yenibosna,Bahçelievler,Istanbul,Turkey |
| Coordinates | 40°59′44″N28°49′53″E / 40.99563°N 28.83149°E /40.99563; 28.83149 |
| Date | 6 October 2016 15:50 (UTC+3) |
Attack type | Car bomb (motorcycle used) |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 10 civilians (1 in critical condition)[1] |
| Perpetrators | PKK[1][2] |
| Assailants | Felek Gün, Ekrem Gün and co-conspirators[2][3] |
On 6 October 2016, at around 15:50 (UTC+3), a bomb attached to a motorcycle blasted in a terrorist attack inYenibosna neighborhood ofBahçelievler district,Istanbul,Turkey. The bomb targeted a police office, however, either on purpose or not, the bomb was exploded before getting closer to the police station and eventually injured 10 civilians in the area, putting 1 in critical condition.[2][4][1]
The neighborhood is one of the closest ones to theAtatürk Airport andIstanbul Inner Beltway and is a neighborhood whereBosniak residents of the city mainly live.
The attack was perpetrated by the outlawedKurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The assailant, Felek Gün and co-conspirators Ekrem Gün and Serdar Gün along with 3 more suspects involved in the incident were taken into custody by the police. Assailant had a terrorism record with the outlawed group in both Iraq and Syria, incursing into the Turkish town ofCizre from area controlled by YPG in Syria during the recentCizre clashes, reports highlighted.[3][2] He was caught inAksaray Province, on his way to a PKK camp in Syria, with another two of the co-conspirators one day after the attack.[3][4]
Officials and experts highlighted that there were 2 schools close to the vicinity of the attack and in case the attack was conducted 10–20 minutes later, when the daily school endtime arrives, there would be a disaster resulting in many school children, going out from their schools to homes or schoolbuses, losing their lives cause of the terrorist attack.[2]
Terrorist incidents inTurkey in 2016 | |
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