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| Istanbul blast targets bus carrying police officers | Istanbul blast targets bus carrying police officers |
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| A bomb attack has targeted a police vehicle in a central Istanbul district, killing two people and injuring eight, Turkish state media reported. | |
| The remote-controlled bomb exploded as a shuttle bus carrying police officers was passing in the Beyazit district of the city on Tuesday morning, Turkey’s state-run TRT channel reported. | The remote-controlled bomb exploded as a shuttle bus carrying police officers was passing in the Beyazit district of the city on Tuesday morning, Turkey’s state-run TRT channel reported. |
| Ambulances and fire engines were dispatched to the scene. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. | Ambulances and fire engines were dispatched to the scene. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. |
| Turkey is on high security alert after two deadly attacks in Istanbul this year blamed on Islamic State jihadis, and twin attacks in Ankara that killed dozens and were claimed by Kurdish militants. | |
| More: footage coming from the explosion area where a parked vehicle detonated during police vehicle passing #Turkeypic.twitter.com/G5gePk8l50 | More: footage coming from the explosion area where a parked vehicle detonated during police vehicle passing #Turkeypic.twitter.com/G5gePk8l50 |
| The Ankara attacks were claimed by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), a radical splinter group of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK). PKK rebels have been targeting police and military targets since July when a fragile peace process collapsed. | |
| The PKK is fighting for autonomy for Turkey’s Kurds in the south-east of the country. It has waged a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state in a conflict that has claimed 40,000 lives. The group is considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey and its allies. | The PKK is fighting for autonomy for Turkey’s Kurds in the south-east of the country. It has waged a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state in a conflict that has claimed 40,000 lives. The group is considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey and its allies. |