In Turkey attacks on Jews and Christians in Turkey are usually Sudden Jihad Syndrome. Mark Twain in The Innocents Abroad wrote of observing a gang of boys throwing stones an an old Jew, who was forbidden by law to strike back — the attitude remains.
[IsraelTimes] Country’s interior minister says manhunt launched to catch attackers; motive of shooting unclear, but Istanbul mayor says button men only fired at victimTwo masked button men shot one person dead during Sunday service at a church in Istanbul,
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding that authorities were working to capture the assailants.
Yerlikaya said the attack, which Ankara condemned, took place around 0840 GMT at the Italian Santa Maria Catholic Church in the Sariyer district, and that one person — who was targeted by the button men — was killed while attending the service.
"A comprehensive investigation was launched on the matter and work has been started to capture the attackers," Yerlikaya said on social media platform X.
Speaking to news hounds outside the church, Istanbul Governor Davut Gul said the victim was a Ottoman Turkish national and that no one else was hurt. He said the attackers only fired at one person.
It was not immediately clear what the motive for the attack was or why the victim was targeted. Footage from the site showed several police cars and an ambulance outside the church.
Santa Maria Draperis is run by missionary Franciscan friars from Italia sent on a mission of ecumenical dialogue.
Ottoman Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called the church’s priest, a local administrator from his ruling party, to offer his condolences, his office said.
Pope Francis
...Argentine liberation theologist, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He was elected pope in 2013. Rather than setting up shop in Avignon, where he belongs, the first Jesuit Pope chose to reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse instead of the papal apartments. He is big on climate change, against consumerism, and in favor of throwing a blanket over homosexual activity within the clergy. He's not real sure about the Resurrection, about Christ's divinity, and a few other things that would have gotten him burned at the stake a few hundred years ago, but he's hot for a certain South American Earth Mother Goddess...conveyed his condolences over the attack after his weekly Angelus prayer.
Italia’s foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, said his ministry was following the situation along with the Italian embassy in Ankara and the consulate in Istanbul.
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Local media also report the deceased was a 72-year-old woman.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] A citizen of Russia and a citizen of Tajikistan were detained on suspicion of committing an armed attack on the Catholic Church in Istanbul. This was announced on January 28 by Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya during a briefing.
As Yerlikaya clarified, the police launched a large-scale operation immediately after the attack on the church. In total, 47 people were detained in connection with the attack during the day. The suspects in the armed attack on the church were detained at 22:00 local time.
According to the minister, the suspects are foreign citizens, one is a citizen of Russia, the other is of Tajikistan. Presumably, both foreigners are members of the Islamic State (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).
All 47 detainees are planned to be interrogated.
Earlier, IA Regnum reported that in Istanbul, as a result of an attack on the Italian Latin Catholic Church of Santa Maria in the Sariyer district, a person was killed and several more were injured.
The attack on the church took place during the day; two armed and masked men burst into the building and opened fire. As a result, a Turkish citizen died. According to media reports, the radical extremist group “Islamic State” (IS) (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) took responsibility for the attack.