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| Istanbul blast 'targets police bus' in Vezneciler | Istanbul blast 'targets police bus' in Vezneciler |
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| Five people have been injured by a blast which targeted a police bus in central Istanbul, Turkish media say. | |
| The remote-controlled device was reportedly detonated as the vehicle passed through the Vezneciler district. | |
| Pictures showed the wreckage of a bus destroyed and the facade of nearby buildings damaged. | |
| Violence in Turkey has escalated recently as a result of tensions with Kurdish separatists and the conflict in neighbouring Syria. | |
| The explosion happened during the morning rush hour, near the city's historic Bayezit Square neighbourhood, a major tourist attraction. | |
| Television images showed armed police in the street near to the site. | |
| No group has said it carried out the attack. | |
| Recent attacks in Turkey | |
| How dangerous is Turkey's unrest? | |
| Tears and destruction amid PKK crackdown | |
| Turkey in midst of hideous vortex | |
| Both the so-called Islamic State (IS) and Kurdish militants have said they were behind recent attacks in Turkey. | |
| President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said terror groups are targeting civilians because they are losing their struggle against Turkish security forces. | |
| Turkey is part of the US-led coalition against IS and allows coalition planes to use its air base at Incirlik for raids on Iraq and Syria. | |
| And a two-year-old ceasefire between Turkey and the Kurdish militant PKK broke down last summer. |