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At least 10 killed, 15 wounded in suicide bombing near tourists on central Istanbul square – media

12 января, 2016     Автор: Юлия Клюева
At least 10 killed, 15 wounded in suicide bombing near tourists on central Istanbul square – media


At least 10 people have been killed and 15 injured on a historic central square in Istanbul, Turkish authorities said. Local media reported that a suicide bomber blew himself up near a group of tourists.

Dogan reported that one of three injured foreigners is from Germany and the two others are from Norway.

There was a group of German tourists on the square at the time of the blasts, an official from a tour company told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

The explosion took place on Sultanahmet Square. It occurred close to the Sultanahmet tram stop and Dikilitas, the Obelisk of Theodosius, in the heart of Istanbul’s tourist district.

Istanbul authorities are investigating the incident and the type of the explosives used in the blast, the governor’s office said.

Erdem Koroglu, who was working at a nearby office at the time of the explosion, told NTV he saw several people lying on the ground following the blast.

“It was difficult to say who was alive or dead,” Koroglu said. “Buildings rattled from the force of the explosion.”

One woman who works at a nearby antiques store told Reuters that the explosion was very loud.

"We shook a lot. We ran out and saw body parts," she said.

"We're taking precautions against a second explosion," a police officer said.

Shortly after the blast, Turkish authorities slapped a media ban on covering it, Anadolu news agency said.

 

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