January 2016 Istanbul bombing

January 2016 Istanbul bombing
January 2016 Istanbul bombing
	Sultanahmet Square and; the Obelisk of Theodosius.
	Attack site
Location	Sultanahmet, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
Date	12 January 2016
Target	Foreign tourists
Attack type	Suicide bombing
Deaths	14 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	9
Perpetrators	Islamic State
Participant	1 (Nabil Fadli)

41°0′21.24″N 28°58′31.43″E / 41.0059000°N 28.9753972°E / 41.0059000; 28.9753972

On 12 January 2016, a suicide attack in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district killed 13 people, all foreigners, and injured 14 others. The attack occurred at 10:20 local time, near the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia, an area popular among tourists. The attacker was Nabil Fadli (Arabic: نبيل فضلي), a Syrian member of the Islamic State.

^ ^a ^b "Ten German dead in Istanbul terror attack". The local.de. 13 January 2016.

[thelocal-1] "Ten German dead in Istanbul terror attack". The local.de. 13 January 2016.

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January 2016 Istanbul bombing
Sultanahmet Square and the Obelisk of Theodosius.
Attack site
Location	Sultanahmet, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
Date	12 January 2016
Target	Foreign tourists
Attack type	Suicide bombing
Deaths	14 (including the perpetrator)^[1]
Injured	9^[1]
Perpetrators	Islamic State
Participant	1 (Nabil Fadli)