Vice President of Turkey Fuat Oktay said that the explosion in Istanbul was carried out by a woman, adyrna.kz reported with a link to the agency "Anadolu".
According to him, six people died, 81 were injured, two are in serious condition.
It is reported that the main prosecutor's office in Istanbul is investigating the case.
Bekir Bozdag, Minister of Justice of Turkey, said that, judging by the video surveillance cameras, a woman sat on one of the benches for more than 40 minutes. After 1-2 minutes after she got up, there was an explosion.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan does not yet have data on whether there are Kazakhs among the victims of the explosion.
It was reported that a powerful explosion thundered at 16:20 local time on the pedestrian tourist street Istiklal in Beyoglu district.
Istiklal street is considered the most popular among local and foreign tourists, a large number of people walk along it from morning to evening.
