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Friday, January 16, 2015

Istanbul suicide bomber was 'widow of Norwegian IS jihadist'

Istanbul suicide bomber was 'widow of Norwegian IS jihadist'
AFP | January 16, 2015, 16.01 pm IST

Turkish security gather outside a police station where one police officer was killed and another injured after a suicide bomber blew herself up in Istanbul. (Photo: AP)
Turkish security gather outside a police station where one police officer was killed and another injured after a suicide bomber blew herself up in Istanbul. (Photo: AP)

Istambul: The young woman from the Russian Muslim region of Dagestan suspected of carrying out a deadly suicide bombing in Istanbul was the widow of a Norwegian extremist with whom she had travelled to Syria to join Islamic State (IS) jihadists, a report said Friday.

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