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Deadly blasts hit Turkey hotels
Explosions have hit two Istanbul hotels early Tuesday, killing one person, Turkish police say. At least six other people have been injured in the blasts, police have said. The blasts went off about 1:40 a.m. at tourist hotels in two Istanbul neighborhoods. The two simultaneous explosions rocked the small hotels, which often host tourists from former Soviet republics. One of the targeted hotels, Pars, said it received an anonymous call only 10 minutes before the explosion saying there was a bomb in a room, The Associated Press reports. The other target, Holiday Hotel, is located in the Laleli district, home to inexpensive hotels and clothing stores catering to eastern European tourists. "It appears to be a terrorist attack," Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah told the Anatolia news agency.
Posted by: ed 2004-08-09 |
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