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Istanbul suicide bomber identified with DNA testing as Mehmet Ozturk, a Turkish ISIS member

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Yesterday, five people were killed, and at least 36 others were wounded after a suicide bombing rocked the main shopping street in central Istanbul.

Istanbul suicide bomber identified with DNA testing as Mehmet Ozturk, a Turkish ISIS member

Turkish news agency Dogun reported that on Sunday that the DNA testing confirmed yesterday’s suicide attack in Istanbul was committed by a guy who had ties with ISIS, and his name was Mehmet Ozturk.

According to the report, the Turkish authorities matched the DNA which was taken as samples from Ozturk’s family and the DNA found at the site of the bombing.

The Dogun also reported that Ozturk was a Turkish national, born in 1992 in Gaziantep city of southeastern Turkey.

It was reported in several Turkish media earlier that  the Turkish security forces knew that he was a member of ISIS, and was among the main suspects.

Yesterday, five people were killed, and at least 36 others were wounded after a suicide bombing rocked the main shopping street in central Istanbul.

The Turkish authorities changed their initial assessment. They are now holding the ISIS accountable for the suicide attack instead of PKK. It was reported that KCK, an PKK umbrella group said that it opposed and condemned attacks on civilian.

Following the bomb attack in Ankara on March 13 which left 37 dead, the Turkish military increased its military campaign against PKK although no groups has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

More than 28 military personnel were killed and 61 wounded in a car explosion in Ankara last month.

It was also reported recently that Ankara also increased its airstrikes on PKK positions in northern Iraq.

On March 17, Kurds in Syria declared a federation in the country’s north, which was also criticized by the West and Syrian government.

According to Turkish military statement, 45 PKK militants have been killed in the Qandi mountain area in northern Iraq by the Turkish airstrikes in recent weeks.

The Turkish government has recently been engaged in an intensified crackdown on the country’s Kurdish population in the southeast, since then violence has increased in Turkey. The country also has been carrying out airstrikes against Kurdish positions in Iraq and Syria.

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How did they have this “MEHMET OZTURK” DNA on file? And they got to the bottom of this this quickly? Obviously Turkey and Mossad knew this would happen ahead of time. Obviously they are not really surprised. Just goes to show that the Shemitic people of Turkey and Saudi Arabia and Israel control the terrorist. http://realjewnews.com/

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