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| Istanbul bombing: Terror attack death toll rises to 38 including 30 police as officials accuse PKK | Istanbul bombing: Terror attack death toll rises to 38 including 30 police as officials accuse PKK |
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| The death toll from twin bomb blasts outside a football stadium in Istanbul has risen to 38, including 30 police officers. | The death toll from twin bomb blasts outside a football stadium in Istanbul has risen to 38, including 30 police officers. |
| Officials revealed the increased number of victims as they claimed Kurdish militant group the PKK were behind the attack on Saturday, which is believed to have targeted police. | |
| The explosions occurred outside the Vodaphone Arena stadium of Besiktas football club while they were playing a game against Bursapor. | |
| Turkish interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, told the Hurriyet newspaper that the blasts had occurred near a police bus. | |
| He said: “We think a vehicular bomb was set off with a handheld device in the area where our special forces were congregated. | |
| “A couple of minutes later a suspect was identified in Macka by our security forces. They were surrounded by our police. But they set off their bomb shortly after the vehicle bomb went off.” | |
| A total of 166 people were injured in the attack, including 23 people who remain in a critical condition in hospital. | |
| One witness, Omer Yilmiz, described the attack as "like hell". | |
| He said: "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." | |
| The attack is the latest in a series of violence which has plagued Turkey for over a year. | |
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