A suspect concerned within the lethal Nov. 13 Istanbul terrorist assault was handed over to Turkish authorities on Tuesday, in keeping with a high official within the nation.
Bulgarian officers delivered Hazni Gölge, who helped fugitive suspect Bilal Hassan escape the nation after the fear bombing, on the border between the 2 nations after Turkish authorities decided that he was in that Balkan nation, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu mentioned in a TV interview.
“We discussed the issue with (authorities in) Bulgaria. They delivered him (Gölge) to us in Edirne at around 18.00 (1500GMT). We thank Bulgaria for the cooperation,” Soylu mentioned.
Hassan had dropped off the perpetrator of the bombing on the day of the assault that killed six folks and left 81 injured on Istanbul’s busy Istiklal Avenue.
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office’s investigation into the fear assault is ongoing, with a complete of 59 suspects have been taken into custody, 24 of whom are underneath arrest as a part of the investigation.
Soylu had beforehand introduced that Hassan’s brother had additionally been nabbed by safety forces.
