Shooting during Mass at Santa Maria

Santa Maria Church

Killed: 1
Injured: 1
Structures: 0
Denomination: Catholic

Two masked gunmen entered Sunday Mass at a Catholic church in Istanbul’s Sarıyer district and killed one worshipper. Islamic State later claimed the attack.

It was the first fatal ISIS-claimed church shooting in Turkey in years and raised security at the country’s remaining Christian sanctuaries.

Source: Reuters · Open report

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