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| Istanbul Besiktas: Stadium blasts injure many police | |
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| At least 20 police officers have been injured in explosions near a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey's interior minister says. | At least 20 police officers have been injured in explosions near a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey's interior minister says. |
| Suleyman Soylu said it was thought a car bomb had specifically targeted riot police. | Suleyman Soylu said it was thought a car bomb had specifically targeted riot police. |
| Witnesses heard gunfire after the attack, and ambulances and police vehicles rushed to the scene. | |
| Turkey has seen a recent spate of militant attacks in major cities that have left dozens of people dead. | Turkey has seen a recent spate of militant attacks in major cities that have left dozens of people dead. |
| No group has said it was behind the attack but a wave of bombings in Turkey this year has been carried out by Kurdish militants and so-called Islamic State, the BBC's Turkey correspondent, Mark Lowen, reports. | |
| The fact that police appear to have been hit will focus suspicion on Kurdish guerrilla groups, who have mainly targeted the security forces, he adds. | |
| Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan wrote on Twitter that it was a terror attack. | |
| It happened two hours after a football match at the Vodafone Arena between Besiktas and Bursaspor, two of Turkey's top teams, ended. | |
| Local media reported that fans had already dispersed. Bursaspor posted on Twitter that none of its fan groups knew of any injured fans. | Local media reported that fans had already dispersed. Bursaspor posted on Twitter that none of its fan groups knew of any injured fans. |
| Mr Soylu said: "It is thought to be a car bomb at a point where our special forces police were located, right after the match at the exit where Bursaspor fans exited, after the fans had left. | Mr Soylu said: "It is thought to be a car bomb at a point where our special forces police were located, right after the match at the exit where Bursaspor fans exited, after the fans had left. |
| "We have no information on the number of dead. God willing we hope there won't be any." | "We have no information on the number of dead. God willing we hope there won't be any." |
| Photographs posted on Instagram after the explosion showed helmets strewn on a road and damaged vehicles. | |
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