One particular person was killed throughout an assault on a church in Istanbul’s Sarıyer district throughout a service on Sunday, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya mentioned, including that “large-scale investigation into the issue and efforts to catch the attackers have been initiated.”
“Today around 11.40 a.m. during the service at the Santa Maria Church in Sarıyer’s Büyükdere neighborhood, C.T. among those attending the ritual was attacked with a gun by two masked people and unfortunately lost their life,” Yerlikaya mentioned in a publish on his official social media account on X, previously Twitter.
“A large-scale investigation into the issue and efforts to catch the attackers have been initiated,” he added.
“We strongly condemn this vile attack,” the minister mentioned.
Footage from the church confirmed a lot of police vehicles and an ambulance dispatched exterior the constructing.
Other officers, together with Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç and Justice and Development Party (AK Party) spokesperson Ömer Çelik condemned the assault on the Italian church.
“We condemn in the strongest terms the armed attack on a person during the service at the Santa Maria Church in Sarıyer, Istanbul, and express our condolences to the family of the person who lost their life,” Yılmaz mentioned in a press release on his social media account.
“Our security forces are conducting a large-scale investigation to shed light on the incident and hold the perpetrators accountable to justice,” he mentioned.
The motive for the assault was additionally not instantly clear.
“Our security forces are conducting a large-scale investigation into the matter,” Çelik mentioned in a written assertion on X.
“Those who threaten the peace and security of our citizens will never achieve their goals,” he added.
Tunç in the meantime acknowledged {that a} deputy chief prosecutor and two public prosecutors had been assigned to make clear the armed assault, whereas strongly condemning the incident.
“An investigation has been launched by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding the attack in which one person lost their life, and a deputy chief prosecutor and two public prosecutors have been assigned to shed light on the incident. Efforts are continuing to identify and capture the suspects who carried out the attack. The investigation is being carried out in a multifaceted and meticulous manner,” Tunç mentioned in a publish on X.
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