A Justice and Development Party (AK Party) official, on Saturday, shared a post on Twitter hoping that the Israelis who were wounded in the Istanbul attack “will all die.”
The post by İrem Aktaş, a member of the AK Party’s Eyüp District Women’s Branch triggered a backlash on the social media site, causing the user to shut down her account.
Turkish media reported that one of those killed in the bomb attack on Saturday morning, when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive near İstiklal Avenue in İstanbul, is an Israeli citizen. Six more Israelis are thought to be among the 36 wounded by the explosion.