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Bomb attack in Istanbul
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul after the terrorist attack. Photo: DPA
All 10 Istanbul victims were German: reports
Published: 13 Jan 2016 08:56 GMT+01:00
Updated: 13 Jan 2016 10:46 GMT+01:00
Updated: 13 Jan 2016 10:46 GMT+01:00
- Eight Germans among Istanbul dead: reports (12 Jan 16)
- Munich New Year alert 'part of EU-wide Isis plot' (07 Jan 16)
- 'Live as you did before': Munich Isis threat eases (02 Jan 16)
The German government has so far confirmed that eight of the ten
victims were German, while the identities of two people who died had not
yet been confirmed.
“We believe that the other two victims were Germans,” broadcaster N-tv reported a Turkish official as saying.
A married couple from Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate were among the victims of the suicide attack which killed ten people plus the attacker in the Sultanahmet area of the city, public broadcaster ARD reports.
A further victim was a man from Bad Kreuznach, also in the western state. His wife survived but was seriously injured.
A married couple from Brandenburg were also among the dead, as Germany counted one of the highest ever tolls of Bundesrepublik citizens in a single terrorist attack.
The victims were all on a tour of three countries in the Middle East run by a Berlin company which offers adventure to people “in the best years of their life.”
Nine further Germans were seriously injured in the attacks.
“The terrorists are enemies of all free people, indeed their enemies of all humanity,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said in response to the attacks.
“But exactly this freedom, along with our determination in cooperation with international partners to tackle the terrorist will prevail,” she added.
Aimed at Germans?
According to eyewitnesses, the suicide bomber behind the attack aimed specifically for where the German tourists were.
Security expert Bruno Schirra told Bild on Wednesday that Isis had warned after terror attacks in Tunisia last June that the group would ensure Germans "could no longer holiday safely all around the Mediterranean".
"The Islamists hope for a heightening of the conflict of the majority in German society with Muslims, in the knowledge that this will drive more fighters into their arms," Schirra said.
"I think it's no co-incidence that Isis sought out a German tour group for this attack," Turkey expert Günter Seufert agreed on ARD television on Tuesday evening, saying that the terrorists hope to stoke division at home in Germany.
The main thing about attacking tourists, Lewin argued, is that they make for an easy target for terrorist attackers compared with - for example - heavily-defended government buildings or airports.
According to Turkish authorities the terrorist was a 27-year-old with links to Isis who had travelled from Syria to Turkey shortly beforehand.
Conflicting reports emerging from Turkish media suggest the man came from Saudi Arabia.
Isis however has not taken responsibility for the attack.
“We believe that the other two victims were Germans,” broadcaster N-tv reported a Turkish official as saying.
A married couple from Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate were among the victims of the suicide attack which killed ten people plus the attacker in the Sultanahmet area of the city, public broadcaster ARD reports.
A further victim was a man from Bad Kreuznach, also in the western state. His wife survived but was seriously injured.
A married couple from Brandenburg were also among the dead, as Germany counted one of the highest ever tolls of Bundesrepublik citizens in a single terrorist attack.
The victims were all on a tour of three countries in the Middle East run by a Berlin company which offers adventure to people “in the best years of their life.”
Nine further Germans were seriously injured in the attacks.
“The terrorists are enemies of all free people, indeed their enemies of all humanity,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said in response to the attacks.
“But exactly this freedom, along with our determination in cooperation with international partners to tackle the terrorist will prevail,” she added.
Aimed at Germans?
According to eyewitnesses, the suicide bomber behind the attack aimed specifically for where the German tourists were.
Security expert Bruno Schirra told Bild on Wednesday that Isis had warned after terror attacks in Tunisia last June that the group would ensure Germans "could no longer holiday safely all around the Mediterranean".
"The Islamists hope for a heightening of the conflict of the majority in German society with Muslims, in the knowledge that this will drive more fighters into their arms," Schirra said.
"I think it's no co-incidence that Isis sought out a German tour group for this attack," Turkey expert Günter Seufert agreed on ARD television on Tuesday evening, saying that the terrorists hope to stoke division at home in Germany.
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But British expert David Lewin disagreed, telling Bild that "Germans
are no more and no less in Isis' sights than British people or Americans
or citizens of other western countries."The main thing about attacking tourists, Lewin argued, is that they make for an easy target for terrorist attackers compared with - for example - heavily-defended government buildings or airports.
According to Turkish authorities the terrorist was a 27-year-old with links to Isis who had travelled from Syria to Turkey shortly beforehand.
Conflicting reports emerging from Turkish media suggest the man came from Saudi Arabia.
Isis however has not taken responsibility for the attack.
