German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere arrived in Istanbul on Wednesday, Jan 13, after a suicide bomb attack killed 10 tourists, most of them Germans, Hurriyet Daily News reports.

De Maiziere will visit the site of the attack and then have a discussion with Turkish officials, which will be followed by a press conference, a ministry spokesman said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at least eight Germans were among the dead and Berlin warned its nationals to keep away from public places and tourist attractions.

The assault took place near the famous Blue Mosque in Sultanahmet, a district home to Istanbul's biggest concentration of historic monuments.

The Turkish government said that an Islamic State suicide bomber was behind the attack.