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The Grand Turk
Three lightly wounded in explosion in Istanbul
2016-04-10
Probably not the major attack the U.S. and Israel warned about...
[IsraelTimes] Police launch investigation; one Turkish website reports percussion bomb as cause of blast

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
’s state-run news agency
...and if you can't believe the state-run news agency who can you believe?...
said an kaboom near an overpass in Istanbul slightly maimed two people, with others reporting three were maimed.

The Anadolu Agency said on Saturday the kaboom occurred in Istanbul’s central Mecidiyekoy district. Police cordoned off the area and the cause of the kaboom was under investigation.

According to Turkish Minute, a website affiliated with the now-shut Today’s Zaman, the cause of the blast was a percussion bomb, which causes little damage.
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