Bulgaria Condemns Terrorist Attack in Istanbul

Politics » DIPLOMACY | January 12, 2016, Tuesday // 17:23
Bulgaria: Bulgaria Condemns Terrorist Attack in Istanbul

Bulgaria strongly condemned on Tuesday the terrorist attack in Istanbul that claimed the lives of at least 10 people.

“I extend my most sincere condolences to the relatives of the victims, including foreign nationals, and I wish a speedy recovery to those injured,” Bulgaria’s foreign Minister Daniewl Mitov said in a statement. “I would like also to express solidarity with the grief of those affected by the blast in Turkey.”


No cause can justify the killing of innocent people, Mitov said.

“Today’s terrorism recognizes no religions, nations and borders and it is our common enemy in the defense of democratic values,” Mitov added.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier that the attack in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet tourist district was carried out by a suicide bomber of Syrian origin.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told journalists the bomber was born in Syria in 1988 and that most of the casualties in attack were foreigners, according to Anadolu Agency. Kurtulmus confirmed earlier police reports that 10 people were killed and 15 others were injured in the blast.

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