Steinmeier calls for speedy Turkey probe

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Berlin - 12 January 2016
1. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arriving for press statement
2. Camera operator
3. SOUNDBITE (German) Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Foreign Minister:
"These are difficult hours for us, hours of mourning, anger and shock. We are mourning with the families and the friends of the victims, and wish them strength in these terrible times."
4. Cameras
5. SOUNDBITE (German) Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Foreign Minister:
"We quickly need to investigate the perpetrators, we need to investigate the background. The crisis team of the government in the Foreign office got together immediately today and is working hard to find out what happened to everyone affected, together with our foreign representatives and the Turkish authorities."
6. Sign of Berlin travel agency reading "Lebenslust Touristik"
7. SOUNDBITE (German) Marco Scherer, Manager, "Lebenslust Touristik" travel agency:
"We are in contact with our local partners, on site there is a news embargo."
8. Tilt down on written statement of "Lebenslust Touristik"
9. SOUNDBITE (German) Marco Scherer, Manager, "Lebenslust Touristik" travel agency:
"Two of my colleagues are on site with a help team for tourists to investigate the situation."
10. Exterior of travel agency building ++NIGHT SHOT++
STORYLINE:
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed his sympathy for the victims of the Istanbul bombing and pledged Berlin's support to Turkey on Tuesday .
Steinmeier also called for a speedy investigation into the attack which he said killed eight Germans and wounded nine others.
In Tuesday's attack, a suicide bomber affiliated with the Islamic State group detonated a bomb in a historic district of Istanbul popular with tourists, killing at least 10 people and wounding 15 others, Turkish officials said.
The head of Berlin travel agency Lebenslust Touristik said that some of the victims of the suicide bombing in Istanbul had booked their trip through his office.
Marco Scherer said the group of 33 travellers were on a trip to Istanbul, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
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