Turkish court convicts Syrian woman over Istanbul bombing

A Turkish court today sentenced Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian national, to life in prison over a 2022 bombing that killed six people in Istanbul’s main shopping street, a copy of the verdict obtained by Reuters showed. Six Turkish citizens, two members each of three families, were killed in the attack on 13 November, 2022. The explosion also wounded about 100 people in the busy street packed with shoppers and tourists. The court imposed a total of seven life sentences on Albashir, who was previously identified by police as the person who planted the bomb. The case also involved more than 30 other defendants. Four of them were released from prison today, while the court ordered ten defendants to be tried […]