ISIS claims responsibility for attack on church in Turkey
News sources reported that the ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for an attack on a church in Istanbul on Sunday night.
According to the TRT news agency, the ISIS terrorist organization announced in its statement that this attack was carried out by two members of the group and that those who carried out the attack fled the scene. With an absurd claim, ISIS explained the trend of this operation, which was carried out in the midst of Israeli murders against Gaza, the order of the group leaders that it was necessary to attack Jews and Christians around the world, and claimed that it did not involve any actions contrary to Israel's interests. Turkish media had previously reported that there was an armed attack on the "Santa Maria" church in Istanbul. Turkish Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya said in his message published on his social media account: "Efforts have been initiated to catch the attackers." he wrote.
One person who attended the service at the Santa Maria Church in Istanbul died in an armed attack carried out by masked people. An investigation has been launched to catch the attackers. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that there was an armed attack on a person at the Santa Maria Church in Sarıyer. One person lost his life in an armed attack during Sunday mass. An investigation was launched to catch the two masked people who carried out the attack. Minister Yerlikaya said, "We strongly condemn this vile attack." Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç made a statement about the armed attack on a person in Santa Maria Church. Minister Tunç announced that an investigation was launched by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and that a deputy chief prosecutor and two public prosecutors were assigned to shed light on the incident. Tunç said, "Efforts are continuing to identify and capture the suspects who carried out the attack. The investigation is being carried out multifacetedly and meticulously."