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At least eight dead in central Istanbul explosion: Turkey's Haberturk TV

Published: 12 Jan 2016 - 12:24 pm | Last Updated: 13 Nov 2021 - 02:16 am
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Police secure the area after an explosion in central Istanbul, Turkey January 12, 2016. Reuters

 

ISTANBUL: At least eight people were killed after an explosion rocked a central Istanbul square on Tuesday, and several others were wounded, Turkey's Haberturk television said.

The blast may have been caused by a suicide bomber, Haberturk said, without citing its sources. There was no official word on the case of the blast, which took place in
Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet square, a major tourist attraction in Turkey's most populous city.

Reuters