Ten Germans killed in Istanbul suicide bombing, Berlin says

BERLIN: Ten Germans were killed in Tuesday's suicide bombing in Istanbul, a spokesperson for the German foreign ministry said on Wednesday, raising the death toll among Germans from 9 previously.

Yesterday, a Turkish official said at least nine of the dead were German, with Davutoglu telephoning Chancellor Angela Merkel to offer his condolences, state media said.



Merkel said the latest attack would deepen German resolve to combat international terrorism.

“Today it hit Istanbul, it has hit Paris, it hit Tunisia, it had already hit Ankara,” she told a news conference in Berlin.



Shortly after the blast, Germany warned its nationals to avoid tourist sites in Istanbul, a city of 14 million that has been hit several times by deadly attacks.