ISTANBUL — Turkey’s interior minister Sunday identified the suicide bomber who killed four foreign tourists in Istanbul as a militant with links to the Islamic State group.

Minister Efkan Ala said the bomber was Turkish citizen Mehmet Ozturk, who was born in 1992 in Gaziantep province, which borders Syria.

He said Ozturk wasn’t on any list of wanted suspects and five other people were detained as part of the investigation.

Saturday’s explosion wounded dozens of others. Among the fatalities were two American-Israelis, another Israeli and an Iranian. The attack targeted Istanbul’s pedestrian Istiklal Street, which is lined with shops and cafes in an area that also has government offices and foreign missions.

“The identity of the terrorist who carried out this reprehensible attack has been determined. …The findings obtained show that the terrorist is linked to the Daesh terror organization,” the minister said, using an alternative acronym for the Islamic State, also known as as ISIS or ISIL.

Istanbul remained tense a day after the bombing, with Turkish authorities postponing a high-profile soccer match between two major teams, citing an unspecified threat.

The Istanbul governor’s office said Sunday’s Galatasaray-Fenerbahce derby was canceled following “the assessment of serious intelligence.”

Turkey has endured six suicide bombing attacks in less than a year. The country faces a wide array of security threats including from ultra-left radicals, Kurdish rebels demanding greater autonomy who currently are locked in battle with security forces in the southeast, and the Islamic State.

Turkey is also a partner in the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State, and its air bases are being used to launch bombing runs against the group in neighboring Syria.

Ala said Turkey was determined to press ahead with its fight against extremist groups, but admitted it was difficult to prevent suicide attacks.

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