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| Explosion in Istanbul Causes Injuries, Transport Halt |
| 2015-12-05 |
| [VOA News] An kaboom near a metro station Tuesday in Istanbul, ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , injured at least five people and brought the transport system to a halt. A local official in Istanbul said the kaboom in the evening rush hour at an overpass near the city's Bayrampasa station was caused by a pipe bomb. Atilla Aydiner, the mayor of Istanbul's Bayrampasa district, also said a number of vehicles were damaged in the blast, including a bus and a car. Authorities deployed riot police to secure the perimeter of the site in case of a second blast. No claim of responsibility has been made. Earlier, Istanbul's governor, Vasip Sahin, said the cause of the blast was not known, and authorities were assessing every possibility. Some media reports said the kaboom might have been caused by a bomb, and other reports said it could be linked to an electrical transformer. Ambulances were dispatched to the scene, as commuters were helped to safety, reports said. |
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