Death Toll Rises to 11 in Sultanahmet Attack

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Birgit B. injured in the attack carried out on historical peninsula of İstanbul, Sultanahmet on January 12 has lost her life. The death toll has risen to 11 upon this final death.

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10 people had lost their lives, 15 others wounded in the explosion occurred in Sultanahmet Square at around 10:20 a.m.

63-year-old Birgit B. among the wounded lost her life in the hospital in Berlin where she was being treated. Birgit B.’s 72-year-old husband, Adolf Jurgen Glorius too had lost his life in the attack.

Here are the names of the others killed in the attack: Marianne Faber, Adolf Jurgen Glorius, Rüdiger Karl Faber, Steffen Höppner, Rudolf Krollman, Karin Erika Franke-Dütz, Gernot Eike Mildner, Gerhard Günther Höppner, Hiltrud Krollman and Rudiger Becker. (BK/TK)