A suspect in the Istanbul attack gave details about the explosion.

Ahlam Albashir, suspected of committing a terrorist attack in Istanbul, said during interrogation that she was not alone at the scene at the time of the explosion.

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“She was being followed, and she received an explosion order from the scene,” Turkish television quoted her as saying.

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Albashir also said that while sitting on a bench, a terrorist with the code name Hadji looked at the crowd and ordered them to detonate the bomb.

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The number of detainees in connection with the attack has already exceeded 50 people.

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An explosion on the pedestrian street Istiklal in the central district of Istanbul Beyoglu thundered on November 13. Six people died, 81 were injured. The country’s authorities regarded the incident as a terrorist attack. Albashir, who left by taxi after the explosion, was detained, she confessed to having links with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) banned in Turkey.