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 area in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
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 that “necessary measures” had been taken to arrest its perpetrators.
The attack occurred at approximately 11:40 a.m. Sunday (08:40 GMT) in the Santa Maria Church in the Sariyer district of Istanbul and was carried out by two masked men, according to what Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media.
Turkish officials stated that the attack appeared to have targeted one person and not the Catholic Church, pointing out that a person referred to only by the letter “CT”, who was participating in the ceremony, was the target of the armed attack and was killed in it, and an investigation was opened in order to find The two attackers who fled the scene after the shooting.