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Rabat – Security services in Turkiye arrested 46 people, including a Syrian woman, for alleged involvement in the deadly Istanbul explosion.
Reuters said that the woman, identified as Ahlam Albashir, confessed that she was trained by Kurdish militants in Syria. Albashir reportedly entered Turkiye through northwest Syria’s Afrin region.
Turkish broadcaster TRT released footage showing the woman, with curly hair and a purple jumper being brought into police headquarters.
Security services arrested the suspect in her apartment, using police dogs to search her home. Police seized gold, money, and ammunition during the search.
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday that the arrested suspects included the person who “left the bomb that caused the explosion.”
The Turkish government has accused the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of the attack.
“Our assessment is that the order for the deadly terror attack came from Ain al-Arab [Kobane] in northern Syria,” the minister said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that the blast “smells like terrorism.”
The explosion killed eight people and injured over 80 people. Two Moroccans are among the injured victims.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
News reports have shown images of a woman who left a package below a raised flower bed in Istiklal avenue prior to the explosion.
