4 dead, 20 wounded in blast in Turkey's Istanbul

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Four people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide bombing on a central shopping district in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul on Saturday, the local governor said.

Of the 20 wounded, three people were in serious condition, the governor said in a statement. There were three Israeli citizens among the wounded, Turkey's Dogan news agency reported.

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Reports from Turkey say there has been an explosion in the centre of Istanbul.

The blast is said to have been a suicide bombing on a main shopping street in Taksim, a tourist area of Turkey’s largest city.

Istanbul’s governor says four people are known to have died and 20 wounded, including three in a critical condition.

It’s not known if those figures include the suicide bomber.

Turkey’s Dogan news agency says three of those wounded are Israeli citizens.

The governor has also said that rumours of attacks elsewhere in Istanbul are false.

TV pictures show an area being cordoned off by police, reportedly in Istiklal Street, a wide pedestrian boulevard lined with international stores and shopping centres.

Helicopters were seen circling overhead and people were seen running from the area.

The area is usually crowded; hundreds of thousands are said to pass through every day.

Turkey has been hit by a rising tide of violence in recent months.

Last Sunday a car bomb tore through the Turkish capital Ankara, killing 37 people. The attack was later claimed by theTAK, an offshoot of the Kurdish militant group the PKK.

Last month 28 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on a military convoy in Ankara. In October more than 100 people were killed in a double-suicide bombing at a Kurdish peace rally in the Turkish capital.

Turkey has been fighting a security threat on several fronts. The authorities have been battling Kurdish militants mainly in the southeast of the country since the collapse of a ceasefire last July. Meanwhile several attacks have been blamed on the self-proclaimed Islamic State, operating from its base in neighbouring Syria.

Reports say a broadcast ban has been imposed on Turkish media reporting the bombing, in line with restrictions brought in by President Erdogan’s government.

http://www.euronews.com/2016/03/19/explosion-hits-central-istanbul-some-people-wounded-turkey-s-dogan-news-agency/

 

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This is sad and frightening 

Hope no more victims from this.

 

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I'm from Turkey and i'm very sad about it...  Thank you for all of your support. I could die like the other people today .

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5 minutes ago, LoveOfGaga said:

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I'm from Turkey and i'm very sad about it...  Thank you for all of your support. I could die like the other people today .

 

It's very sad. Hope you and your near ones stay safe!

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Just now, VampireHeart said:

 

It's very sad. Hope you and your near ones stay safe!

Yes, i'm living in Sakarya but my sister works in Istanbul and my other sister is traveling to Ankara now. This country is like heaven and i don't understand why they did this? They coming to our country and killing our people. This is so rude! Thank you again for your support

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When it will stop??

Poor Turkey, I love this country so much, the people are so wonderful!

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 Kurds need to become an independent nation no matter how turkey, Syria, or IS think.

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14 minutes ago, Licq said:

 Kurds need to become an independent nation no matter how turkey, Syria, or IS think.

I hate kurds in my country. I'm not a racist boy but kurds are crazy. They made this blast. They must go out from our country!

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****ing crazy

poor people 

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3 hours ago, Licq said:

 Kurds need to become an independent nation no matter how turkey, Syria, or IS think.

I agree. they are the only ones fighting ISIS with success while turkey let yazidis being slaughtered. They are also normally really lgbt friendly and woman friendly and one of the few who aren't anti-semitic in the Middle East. It's time for Kurdistan.

I really don't know how they want to achieve it with those terrorist attacks. 

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There's a terror attack every week there now it seems. 

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8 minutes ago, Simon said:

I agree. they are the only ones fighting ISIS with success while turkey let yazidis being slaughtered. They are also normally really lgbt friendly and woman friendly and one of the few who aren't anti-semitic in the Middle East. It's time for Kurdistan.

I really don't know how they want to achieve it with those terrorist attacks. 

 

Well they won't get Kurdistan with suicide attacks.

Woman friendly? Hmm, most of the 'honor killings' come from people of Kurdish origin.

I'm not saying most of them support it, but this backward custom comes more from them than from Turks or Arabs. 

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I'm living in Turkey. It's really so scary. I can't go out. I have a exam tomorrow and I won't go because all of this. Our government don't care about us.