2015 Istanbul suicide bombing

2015 Istanbul suicide bombing
LocationTurkey Sultanahmet, Fatih, Istanbul
Date6 January 2015
TargetPolice station
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths2 (including the perpetrator)
Injured1
Perpetrators Islamic State (ISIL)[1]
AssailantDiana Ramazova

On 6 January 2015, Diana Ramazova from Dagestan detonated a bomb vest at a police station in Istanbul's central Sultanahmet district, near the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia. The attack killed Ramazova and injured two police officers, one of whom later succumbed to his wounds.[2][3] Ramazova was the pregnant widow of a Norwegian-Chechen ISIS fighter in Syria who had been killed in December 2014.

  1. ^ Doğan, Yusuf (29 July 2015). "Sultanahmet bombacısını İstanbul'a Abdulla Abdullayev getirmiş". Habertürk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  2. ^ "BBC News - Turkey bombing: Female suicide attacker hits Istanbul police station". BBC News. January 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Policeman killed in Istanbul suicide attack". Al Jazeera. January 6, 2016.

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