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[VIDEO] Protestors call consuls general visiting scene of terror attacks ‘murderers’

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Unidentified individuals protested 30 consuls general serving in İstanbul after they laid wreaths in memory of 44 victims killed in twin blasts near Beşiktaş Vodafone Arena on Saturday and shouted: “They killed and now are laying wreaths. All are here, the murderers are here.”

Thirty representatives of foreign missions on Monday visited the site of twin bomb blasts that killed 44 in Beşiktaş on Saturday night.

 US Consul General to Istanbul Jennifer Davis (5th L) and Israel Consul General to Istanbul Yousaf Junaid (7th L) leave wreaths for the victims at site of Istanbul terror attacks in Istanbul's Besiktas, Turkey on December 12, 2016. At least 38 people, including 7 civilians, were killed and 155 people were injured in two separate bomb attacks in the Besiktas district of Istanbul on December 10, 2016.
US Consul General to Istanbul Jennifer Davis (5th L) and Israel Consul General to Istanbul Yousaf Junaid (7th L) leave wreaths for the victims at site of Istanbul terror attacks in Istanbul’s Besiktas, Turkey on December 12, 2016. At least 38 people, including 7 civilians, were killed and 155 people were injured in two separate bomb attacks in the Besiktas district of Istanbul on December 10, 2016.

Consuls general serving in İstanbul gathered at Dolmabahçe Palace and walked to the scene of the attacks outside the Vodafone Arena football stadium. An unidentified man protested the diplomats after they laid wreaths in memory of the victims.

They killed and now are laying wreaths. All are here, the murderers are here,” shouted the man, holding up a wreath left by the Netherlands consul general, the media reported. Police quickly removed the man from the scene.

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), an offshoot of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on Sunday claimed responsibility for the twin bomb attacks.

The explosions, triggered by a car and a suicide bomber less than one minute apart, struck outside the Beşiktaş football team’s stadium less than two hours after a match had finished on Saturday evening.

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