CCTV images have emerged of the suspected female suicide bomber who attacked a police station in Istanbul, killing one officer and injuring one other. <br /><br /> The woman is said to have told police officers in English that she had lost her wallet before detonating a device inside the station, located in the main tourist hub of Sultanahmet.<br /><br /> Local media report the suspect as Elif Sultan Kalsen, a member of far-leftist Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C.<br /><br /> There has been no immediate claim of responsibility, but it comes one week after the far-left group said it was behind an attack on police near the prime minister’s office in the city.<br /><br /> Local media reported that bomb disposal units exploded two more bombs found on the woman’s body.<br /><br /> The Turkish prime minister said a comprehensive investigation would be launched and labeled the attacker a ‘terrorist’. <br /><br /> From in Istanbul euronews correspondent Bora Bayraktar said:<br /><br /> “The attack in the heart of Istanbul’s tourist hub of Sultanahmet square just a few meters away from historic Hagia Sophia museum shocked residents of the city. After the second attempted attack in a tourist hot spot within a week the focus is on increased security measures in the city.”
