Gaziantep bomber identified as ISIL militant: Reports
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) The suicide bomber who killed two police officers and wounded 22 including civilians on May 1 in the southeastern province of Gaziantep has been identified as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant .G. daily Habertürk has reported.
Interior Minister Efkan Alasaid on May 2 that 50 ISILmembers suspects were detainedfor connections to the attack.
During the attack two cars entered the area in front of the police headquarters in Gaziantep on May 1 and started firing at police officers with automatic weapons.
One of the cars exploded at the scene of the incident after police returned fire and clashes erupted while the second car managed to escape.
Daily Habertürk published a picture of a man who they claimed was the suicide bomber and alleged was an ISIL militant from the “Ahmet Güne group.” The attacker was married with two kids it added.
Police determined .G.’s identity after investigating fingerprints obtained from the suicide bomber’s body the pieces of which were spread across the crime scene.
The fingerprints matched those of .G. which were put into the police database when obtaining a driver’s license.
.G.’s house was raided and suspects including his father sibling wife and a number of relatives were taken into custody. Over 30 suspects have been detained overall in anti-terror operations since the May 1 attack.
On the other hand a police officer who recorded a video of the explosion on his cell phone and shared it on social media was suspended from duty.
Meanwhile funerals were held in Gaziantep for police officers Yusuf Erin and Serdal akir who were killed in the attack.
akir’s funeral was held at the Asri Mezarlk Merkez Mosque while Erin’s funeral prayer was held at the Bahattin Nakbolu Mosque in the same area. Both officers were buried at the Asri Cemetery.
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