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The Grand Turk
Bloodbath in Istanbul: Terrorists kill at least 29 38 in attack on Turkish riot police outside football match
2016-12-11
[DailyMail]
  • The car bomb targeted a riot police bus outside the stadium after Besiktas' 2-1 win at home against Bursaspor

  • Riot police officers are believed to be among the 166 injured, while 13 29 people are reported to have been killed

  • A second blast went off in nearby Macka Park, said to be the work of a suicide bomber

  • Turkey's radio and television board issued a temporary coverage ban citing 'national security concerns'

    • This information is as of 11:00 p.m. ET on Saturday. But it's the Daily Mail, so regular updates can be expected. The Times of Israel adds:
    Twenty-seven of those killed were police and two were civilians, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told reporters in Istanbul, adding that 10 suspects had already been detained over the bombing.

    Al Arabiya adds

    An eyewitness said that the stadium is close to famous tourist sites Taksim Square and Istiklal Avenue that are frequented by Europeans and Arabs.

    "There were nearly 500 people near Taksim Square and Istiklal Avenue when the kabooms detonated. A lot of the hotels near the stadium that are often frequented by Arab tourists were evacuated by security forces for fear of another attack during the night," said Bashir Ayash, a Syrian journalist who was close to the scene of the attack.

    Hurriyet Daily News version here

    Speaking at a press conference early on Dec. 11, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş detailed the bombings saying that the first attack was staged by the detonation of a moving car in which he said directly targeted riot police near the stadium. The second attack came 45 seconds after the first one when a suicide bomber blew self up at Maçka Park just across the stadium, Kurtulmuş said.

    The interior minister later announced that 27 police officers and two civilians were killed while 166 people were wounded in the twin bombings. He also added that some 10 suspects were detained in connection with the attack.

    Daily Mail update dateline 7:07 a.m. ET, same link as above:
    Witnesses said gunfire heard after the explosions, in what appeared to have been an armed attack on police.

    Suspected attacks were orchestrated by Kurdistan Workers party and 19 people have been detained.

    Number of dead increased to 38.
    Posted by:trailing wife

    #5  What kind of idiot goes to a sporting event in Constantinople?!
    Posted by: Rob Crawford   2016-12-11 23:14  

    #4  Surprised me to Frank, I figure the yearly "visitation" might have something to do with the numbers.
    Posted by: Shipman   2016-12-11 13:50  

    #3  hey now...
    Posted by: Frank G   2016-12-11 09:56  

    #2  According to stats... Charger game.
    Posted by: Shipman   2016-12-11 08:48  

    #1  A Raider's home game?
    Posted by: borgboy   2016-12-11 00:17  

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