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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Turkey: 15 people killed, more than 150 wounded in two blasts...
12:06am UK, Monday July 28, 2008
Fifteen people have been killed and more than 150 wounded in two blasts in a busy shopping area in Istanbul
Secondary Explosive Device Takes Toll...
ISTANBUL, TURKEY (SkyNews): The Turkish city's governor Muammer Guler told reporters at the scene: "It is certain that this is a terror attack."
TV footage showed ambulances carrying badly wounded people to hospital after the explosions at two different sites in the Gungoren district.
The victims were killed by the second explosion after a small blast in a telephone box sent people running into the street, NTV television news said.
"First a percussion bomb exploded and then a bomb in a garbage container exploded," said Deputy Prime Minister Hayati Yazici.
Governor Guler said the "heinous attack" - which took place at around 10pm local time - was not a suicide bombing.
"The blasts occurred in a very busy district and this raised the casualties," he said.
One witness said: "Tens of people were scattered around. People's heads, arms, were flying in the air."
Several groups, including Kurdish separatists, far-left groups and Islamists, have carried out bomb attacks in Istanbul in the past...
-- Source/continues:http://tinyurl.com/erri79 (SkyNews)