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Armenian origins of suicide attack in Istanbul

14 January 2016 [13:16] - TODAY.AZ

The mother of suicide bomber who committed a terror attack in Istanbul, Nabila Fadly is a Syrian citizen of Armenian origin, Turkish Haberturk newspaper reported citing the source of the country’s intelligence service.

It is also reported that Fadly arrived in Turkey on Jan. 5, 2016 from Syria, pretending to be a refugee.

An explosion occurred in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square Jan. 12, which killed 10 people of German citizenship.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the explosion a terrorist attack, which was carried out by a Syrian citizen, a former member of the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (aka IS, ISIL, ISIS).

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