No Georgians reported among died or injured in Istanbul blast
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (MFA) stated today that no Georgian victims have been reported after the deadly blast in the heart of Istanbul, Turkey today, which, based on current information, killed 10 and left more than 15 injured.
The Georgian MFA said that Georgians could obtain information in connection of the fatal fact through phoning the Georgia’s General Consulate in Istanbul: + 90 54 18 18 44 00.
According to the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "a suicide bomber with links to Syria carried out the attack in the Sultanahmet district.”
The explosion took place near the Istanbul city’s iconic Blue Mosque.
Condemning the attack, President Erdogan said Turkey was the "top target for all terrorist groups in the region" and his country was "fighting against all of them equally", BBC reported.
Turkey has already been attacked by radical Islamist group mainly acting in Syria and Iraq, so called- Islamist State (IS).
Two suicide explosions in the capital Ankara in October last year killed more than 100 people and more than 30 people were killed in an attack near the border with Syria in July the same year.
Georgia is saddened over today’s terrorist attack in the heart of Turkey's biggest city Istanbul, which reportedly killed 10 and left more than 15 injured. President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili issued separate statements, where each condemned terrorism and expressed their sorrow.
Georgia is saddened by last night’s gun and bomb attack at Istanbul's Ataturk international airport that reportedly killed 36 people and injured more than 140.