Turkey bombing kills 10 and wounds 15

Police in Turkey have arrested three Russians with suspected links to Isis after a suicide attack in Istanbul killed 10 tourists.

The Anadolu Agency said the suspects were allegedly in contact with ISIS fighters in conflict zones and had provided logistical support to the group. “Global terrorism is once again showing its cruel and inhuman face today”.

Of those killed in Tuesday’s attack, at least nine were German tourists.

Police sealed the area, barring people from approaching in case of a second explosion, and a police helicopter hovered overhead.

A Syrian suicide bomber targeted a popular tourist spot in the Turkish capital on Tuesday, according to local authorities.

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maziere arrived in Istanbul for talks with Ala and other Turkish officials to discuss the attack.

The nation has carried out a small number of strikes itself, while it’s also tightened security along a 560-mile border with Syria, to try and stop the flow of militants.

“Investigations into the cause of the explosion, the type of explosion and perpetrator or perpetrators are underway”, it said in a statement quoted by the “Dogan news agency” after the blast in the Sultanahmet neighborhood.

Turkey has faced increased violence in recent months generated by the Islamic State and after a ceasefire broke down between the Turkish government and PKK Kurdish rebel militants – which led to airstrikes by Turkey and bombings by rebels.

In a previous terrorist attack in Turkey, more than 90 people were killed and over 200 were injured when an explosion occurred during a rally in Ankara.

An explosion rocked a square in the heart of Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet tourist district on Tuesday and a police officer and witness at the scene reported seeing body parts after the blast. Turkey has since blamed the attack on the ISIS as the bomber was later identified as a member of the Islamic state.

The foreign ministry said today the Malaysian government expressed its deepest condolences to the government and people of Turkey as well as to the families of people affected by the attack.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, although Islamic State was suspected.