At 3:17 p.m. Sunday, a CCTV camera picked up a woman in black hijab and tight camouflage pants walking at Taksim Square. A few minutes later, another camera caught her shopping in a store on Istiklal Street. After sitting on a bench for about 45 minutes, at 16:11 she took out two red roses from her bag and walked away, leaving her bomb-laden backpack behind. At 16:14, as people around her look in the direction of a powerful explosion, she runs back, holding the roses.
She is identified as a foreign national carrying a Syrian passport registered under the name of Ahlam Albashir.
