Here are the latest images of the suicide bomber who attacked the police of Sultanahmet, Istanbul's most popular tourist ..
It was around 17h this young woman dressed in black entered a police station. She explained in English that she had lost her wallet, then released his explosive device. Realizing what was happening, a police officer had time to shoot him. He paid with his life. Another officer was wounded. The suicide bomber was on her two other explosives, but has not had time to activate them. The authorities have praised the courage and the reaction of the police and organize her state funeral on Wednesday.
According to Turkish media, the young woman of 26 years is called Elif Sultan Kalsan. She was a member of a Turkish far-left splinter group, the Party / Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of the people. The same who had claimed the attack on January 1 to the failed grenade policemen on guard outside the Imperial Palace, Dolmabahçe, another attraction of the Turkish metropolis.
On site, our correspondent Bora Bayraktar told us: "this attack the heart of the most popular tourist area of Istanbul, a few meters from the Hagia Sophia, shocked the citizens of Istanbul. This is the second time the police is targeted in less than a week in a tourist place, all eyes are now fixed on the municipal security measures. "
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