A shooting at a Catholic Church in Istanbul yesterday has left one person dead.
The extreme Islamist group, ISIS, has claimed responsibility for the atrocity.
Two gunmen wearing black balaclavas entered the Church of St. Mary in the Sariyer district during Mass shortly before noon local time, killing a Turkish citizen named Tuncer Cihan.
ISIS quickly claimed responsibility for the shooting, using a Telegram account to assert that it came in response to a call by the group’s leaders to target Jews and Christians.
After a brief manhunt, Turkish authorities arrested two suspects in the assault, saying one was from Tajikistan and the other from Russia, and that both have ties to ISIS.
