2024-01-28T19:46:29+00:00
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/ ISIS claimed responsibility on Sunday evening for an attack on a church in the Sariyer district of Istanbul, Turkey.
One person was killed after two gunmen opened fire in an Italian church in Istanbul during a religious ceremony on Sunday, in an attack condemned by Rome and Pope Francis, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed taking “necessary measures” to arrest the perpetrators.
The attack took place at around 11:40 a.m. Sunday (08:40 GMT) at the Santa Maria Church in the Sariyer district of Istanbul and was carried out by two masked men, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media.
Turkish officials said the attack appeared to have targeted a single person, not the Catholic Church, and that a man identified only as “CT”, who was attending the ceremony, was the target of the armed attack and was killed. An investigation was opened to find the two attackers, who fled the scene after the shooting.