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| ‘At least 20 wounded’ in explosion outside Istanbul football stadium | ‘At least 20 wounded’ in explosion outside Istanbul football stadium |
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| At least 20 people have been wounded by a car bomb attack on police in the Turkish city of Istanbul, Turkey's interior minister has confirmed. | |
| The explosion took place outside the Vodaphone Arena stadium of Besiktas football club, where a game against Bursaspor took place earlier today. | |
| Officials said those injured were police officers after the bomb exploded next to a police bus. | Officials said those injured were police officers after the bomb exploded next to a police bus. |
| Witnesses reported hearing two explosions followed by heavy gunfire. | Witnesses reported hearing two explosions followed by heavy gunfire. |
| Pictures from the scene showed smoke rising over the city and eyewitnesses reported hearing sirens as police rushed to cordon off the bomb site. | Pictures from the scene showed smoke rising over the city and eyewitnesses reported hearing sirens as police rushed to cordon off the bomb site. |
| Turkey's Interior Minister, Suleyman Solu, confirmed an attack had taken place. | Turkey's Interior Minister, Suleyman Solu, confirmed an attack had taken place. |
| He told the state-run Anadolu Agency: "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. | He told the state-run Anadolu Agency: "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. The wounded are police." | "We have no information on the number of dead. God willing we hope there won't be any. The wounded are police." |
| Eyewitnesses said they heard two explosions and saw many injured riot police officers. | |
| Omer Yilmiz, who works as a cleaner at a nearby mosque, told Reuters: "It was like hell. The flames went all the way up to the sky. | |
| "I was drinking tea at the cafe next to the mosque.People ducked under the tables, women began crying. Football fans drinking tea at the cafe sought shelter, it was horrible." | |
| It comes two months after a bomb exploded outside an Istanbul police station, injuring at least ten people. In June, a bomb targeting a police bus killed 12 people and injured 51, while three weeks later gunmen killed 45 people at the city's Ataturk Airport. | It comes two months after a bomb exploded outside an Istanbul police station, injuring at least ten people. In June, a bomb targeting a police bus killed 12 people and injured 51, while three weeks later gunmen killed 45 people at the city's Ataturk Airport. |