2 masked men kill a person in attack on Catholic church in Istanbul. Officials detain 2 ISIS members
Turkish officials say two masked assailants attacked a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul, killing one person
ISTANBUL (AP) — Two masked assailants attacked a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during a Sunday Mass, killing one person, Turkish officials said.
The armed assailants attacked the Santa Maria Church in the Sariyer district at 11:40 a.m., Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a statement on the X platform. He didn't specify what kind of weapons were used or whether anyone was wounded.
Turkish authorities didn’t formally identify the victim, but local media said the person killed had the initials C.T. and was 52 years old.
Hours later, Yerlikaya announced that two men he described as members of the Islamic State extremist movement had been arrested as the suspected attackers. One of the supects is from Tajikistan and the other from Russia, he said at a news conference just after midnight.
