Bulgaria arrests 5 in connection with Istanbul blast
Sofia, The Gulf Observer: Bulgaria has charged five people in connection with a blast in central Istanbul, prosecutors said on Saturday.
Three men of Moldovan origin and a man and woman of Syrian Kurdish descent were detained by Bulgarian special police forces earlier this week, Reuters cited chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev as saying.
Geshev told Reuters that the suspects were charged with “supporting terrorist acts in another country” and “human trafficking.” He said Turkish prosecutors had asked for some of the suspects to be extradited.
Siika Mileva, the spokesperson for the General Prosecutor’s Office, said the suspects were accused of providing “logistical assistance” to help one of the people involved in the bombing flee.
