İSTANBUL - The footage containing Ahlam Albashır who is claimed to be the perpetrator of the explosion on İstiklal Street were released to the media. Only the beginning and the end of the video was released to the press.

 

New footage was released by the Istanbul Police regarding the explosion that took place on Istiklal Street. In the footage, it is seen that Ahlam Albashir, who was caught as the perpetrator of the attack, entered Istiklal Avenue from the direction of Taksim Square with a backpack and a bag and was walking down the street.

 

Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ mentioned in his speech that the woman sat on a banch for more than 40 minutes and then left, however the footage shows that she sat on a banch and leaves immediately.

 

In the footage Albashir is heading towards Istiklal Avenue from Taksim Square at 15:17. At 15.29, Albashir, who was seen passing by the shop named Bambi, is sitting on the bench where the bomb exploded a minute later. It is seen that Ahlam Albashir, who was sitting on the bench at the scene at 15.30, got up at 16.11 leaving her bag on the bench.

 

While 41 minutes of the footage is missing, Albashir who left her bag at the bench at 16.11 starts walking towards the square again immediately after sitting on the bench.  Walking in the direction of Taksim Square, Albashir starts running right after she left the scene. Ahlam Albashir, who started running at 16.14, is on camera again in the square three minutes later. In the footage, Albashir is seen walking in the direction of The Marmara Hotel, located in the square at 16.17.