The Turkish Ministry of Interior announced that Yunus E. S. was killed and that he had connections with a terrorist group that abuses religion. Turkish officials did not immediately reveal which group it was, but Turkish media reports suggest it could be the terrorist group Islamic State. Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci stated that the attackers arrived in Istanbul in a rented vehicle from Izmit and that one of the attackers was linked to an organization that abuses religion. The minister added that one of the two attackers, who are brothers, has a drug-related record. Recall that in a shooting near the building housing the closed Israeli consulate in Istanbul today, three people were killed, while two police officers were injured. According to reports, an armed clash occurred in the immediate vicinity of the facility located in an important business district of the city, where the headquarters of major Turkish banks are also situated. NTV television reported that one attacker was captured wounded, while the other was killed.