A Syrian suicide bomber is believed to have carried out the deadly attack in Istanbul that killed at least 10 people and injured 15 more, including foreign tourists, President Erdogan said. Police later said the suspect is of Saudi Arabian origin.
At least nine German citizens were injured in the blast, Reuters reports citing a senior Turkish official.

One more injured is Norwegian and another one is Peruvian, according to Dogan news agency. Norway’s Foreign Ministry later confirmed that one Norwegian citizen was injured in the blast and is receiving treatment at a local hospital.

"It's not a life-threatening injury," Norwegian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Guri Solberg said.

There was a group of German tourists on the square at the time of the blasts, an official from a tour company told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

The explosion took place on Sultanahmet Square. It occurred close to the Sultanahmet tram stop and Dikilitas, the Obelisk of Theodosius, in the heart of Istanbul’s tourist district.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a Syrian suicide bomber is believed to be responsible for the deadly attack.

"I condemn the terror incident in Istanbul assessed to be an attack by a suicide bomber with Syrian origin. Unfortunately we have 10 dead including foreigners and Turkish nationals... There are also 15 wounded," Erdogan said.

Istanbul authorities are investigating the incident and the type of the explosives used in the blast, the governor’s office said.

The suicide bomber was identified as a Syrian born in 1988, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said during a press conference, adding that most of the victims of the blast are foreigners.

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