Turkish police say Syrian woman planted Istanbul bombPolice have arrested 46 people in connection with Sunday’s attack in central Istanbul.

They say the attacker had “Kurdish links” but are not ruling out Islamic State involvement.

Turkish authorities said Monday that a Syrian woman who was detained in connection with a deadly blast in Istanbul was trained by Kurdish militants, though they are not ruling out ties to the so-called Islamic State (IS) terror group.

An official told Reuters the initial investigation revealed the Syrian woman had connections to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

The US and the EU have designated the group a terrorist organizations, subjecting it to financial and other sanctions.

Turkish television broadcast footage of the woman with her face down on a carpet in a private home where she was said to be hiding.

In the home, police revealed they uncovered cash, gold items and a gun.She was later seen being escorted into a police station wearing dark pants and a purple hooded sweatshirt.

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