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Breaking news… According to the information received, there was an explosion on Fener Street.
Many policemen, firefighters and medical teams were dispatched to the scene.
The street was closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
The İskenderun District Police Deputy Director was reportedly slightly injured in the blast.
AA reporter Burak Milli, in a statement about the explosion connecting to CNN’s live broadcast, said: “The explosion was heard and felt throughout the city. Police teams have taken precautions at the entrance and exit from the street. No statement has been made at the moment. We expect a statement from the governorate in the next few minutes. The surrounding windows are broken. There are those who are slightly injured by these glass shards. No clear information on the number “. He said.
GOVERNOR’S EXPLANATION
Hatay Governor Rahmi Doğan made a statement about the explosion on his Twitter account. Doğan included the following statements in his post:
“One of the 2 terrorists suspected by our security units at the Payas checkpoint was neutralized as a result of the chase and in the meantime an explosion occurred. There was no loss of life. The operation continues. The public will be informed.”
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TERRORIST PKK ORGANIZATION DESTROYED IN AMANOSLAR
Governor Doğan investigated the region after the explosion on Fener Street and made a statement to journalists.
Stating that Amanos is a place where the PKK terrorist organization has settled for years, Doğan said: “As you know, an area where 150-200 terrorists are located from time to time, 3 terrorists were neutralized as a result of the operation of our security units on August 22. spoke.
Recalling that 4 terrorists were neutralized on October 18, Doğan said:
“On October 19 we captured a terrorist alive and a dead terrorist. Comrade Selim Çelik, son of HDP Muş MP Demir Çelik, whom we captured as the right-wing terrorist, who is wanted on the gray list, was arrested. As a result of the work done by our intelligence units, 4 people. We discovered that a group at 2 parties, on September 28 and October 10, took off from Manbij with a flying device called a ‘paramotor’ and landed in Amanos from the border. We neutralize the terrorist, we capture a terrorist alive. Today, our intelligence units have determined the location of the 2 remaining terrorists. Around 11.00 in the morning, the points where the terrorists are located were attacked by the Turkish Armed Forces.
Explaining that operations continued in the region afterward, Doğan said:
“Today these two terrorists, who landed in Iskenderun, are the terrorists who chose to escape as a result of our security units crowding into Amanos. First, there was a short contact at the checkpoint in Payas, then our Security units re-squeezed them on the Iskenderun ring road. The second terrorist was also neutralized as a result of the pursuit of our security units. To this day, the PKK terrorist organization has been destroyed in Amanos and there are no terrorist organization PKK “.
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Governor Doğan claimed that the operation was carried out without loss of life and that the result was obtained, adding that there were minor injuries that were not life-threatening.
THE LIVE BOMB EXPLODED
DHA reporter Ufuk Aktuğ relayed the following information about the explosion:
It is said that one more person is being registered in the region. After the actual bomb exploded, the surrounding vehicles and windows were damaged. There was no loss of life. There was movement around 20:30. After the armed attack on the team car in the Iskenderun Pilgrimage Square, himself in Fener. It is estimated that the other terrorist may also be in the area where the actual bomb detonated him and a full-scale search is underway.
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PHOTOGRAPH OF APPEARED TERRORISTS
CNN’s Turkish intelligence chief Nihat Uludağ said: “They arrive at the scene with a van. The truck is overturned by a chase and a fight. Then, they continue on their way taking another vehicle. We are talking about the 26 km process. In the route, how are the terrorists taking precautions? ” As a result, the terrorists were neutralized before reaching their objectives. In this sense, I consider that the operation was successful. “He said. Uludag, about the seized vehicle,” I cannot confirm this photo 100 percent, but this image was taken by the city cameras. It is among the information that the terrorists are in this photo. “He used the expressions.
MINISTER SOYLU: BOTH WERE INACTIVE
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, in his post on his Twitter account, said: “Well done to our heroes. Both are in hand. We will tell the story # İskenderun.”
VISIT TO THE INJURED SPECIAL OPERATIONS POLICE
A Special Operations policeman was injured in the confrontation that broke out in the operation in which 2 terrorists were neutralized in the Iskenderun district of Hatay. The injured policemen, who are in good health, were treated at the hospital. Hatay Governor Rahmi Doğan visited the Special Operations Police, who was injured after his statements, in hospital and wanted to recover soon.
‘THERE WAS A RIFLE ON HIS SHOULDER, IT WAS OUR STREET’
NK, upon seeing the other terrorist who fled after the explosion in Iskenderun during the terrorist operation and in which the terrorist was disbanded and rendered ineffective, informed the security forces. Claiming that the terrorist with a rifle on his shoulder entered their streets, NK said: “The terrorist entered our street. He had a rifle on his shoulder. He entered here about 10 minutes after the sound of the explosion. He ran into the house across the street. We showed the police his place. Very short time later, shots. He said: “We were very scared when we saw him, we did not understand that he was a terrorist first. But we got it when we saw the rifle on his shoulder. Fortunately, the police immediately neutralized him. “
THE SECURITY FORCES PASSED
Citizens who took to the streets shouted ‘Down with the PKK’ when the second terrorist fleeing in Iskenderun was neutralized after the clash that broke out by the security units. Citizens applauding the security forces, saying “The martyrs do not die, the homeland is indivisible” and supported the security forces. Many nationals also opened Turkish flags on the balconies of their homes.
DAMAGED VEHICLES REMOVED
Following the explosion in the Fener Caddesi, the work of the crime scene teams at the site of the explosion was completed.
After the fingerprint and evidence collection procedures, the damaged vehicles in the area were removed.
Two terrorists were neutralized after yesterday’s explosion in Fener Street, Iskenderun district of Hatay.
