On January 12th, a single suicide bomber detonated his suicide vest in the touristic centre of Istanbul.
The explosion occurred in the vicinity of the Obelisk of Theodosius in the Sultanahmet Square of Istanbul’s Fatih district. The blast left at least ten dead, all of whom were German tourists. Government officials stated that the perpetrator has been identified as a Syrian national who entered the country on January 5th through the Syrian border as a refugee.