A Turkish court on Friday sentenced a Syrian woman to life in prison for a deadly explosion in a busy shopping district in Istanbul in 2022, Turkiye’s state-run news agency reported.
Alham Albashir was given seven consecutive life sentences after being convicted on terrorism charges.
The blast on November 13, 2022, tore through Istiklal Avenue, a thoroughfare in Istanbul lined with shops and restaurants, killing six people, two children among them, and wounding 99 others.