Terror act in Istanbul committed by Diana Ramazova

The explosion at a police station in Istanbul was triggered by a citizen of Russia Diana Ramazova, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Turkey has reported. Two policemen were wounded; later one of them died; Ramazova also perished.

According to the MIA, prior to attacking the police station, the woman spoke to a taxi driver in Russian.

The incident took place on January 6 in Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul's historic centre; the woman blew herself up inside the building. According to some reports, she triggered a hand grenade.

The Turkish police suggests that Diana Ramazova, who came to Turkey as a tourist in June 2014, was a native of Chechnya.

According to other sources, the woman's name was Diana Ramazanova; and she was a native of Dagestan. She was married in Istanbul, had several children; and at the time of the terror act she was at the second month of pregnancy – this was reported by the authoritative Turkish newspaper "Hurriyet", which referred to some Russian propaganda website that is publishing, however, sometimes insider's information from law enforcement bodies.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.