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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 13, 2022 12:45:51 GMT -5
This just broke off the wires just now A bomb exploded on a popular pedestrian street in Istanbul on Sunday, killing six people, wounding dozens and sending people fleeing as flames rose. Footage posted online showed ambulances, fire trucks and police at the scene on on Istiklal Avenue, a typically crowded thoroughfare popular with tourists and locals and lined with shops and restaurants. In one video, a loud bang could be heard and flames could be seen, as pedestrians turned and ran away. Social media users said shops were shuttered and the avenue closed down. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the blast a “treacherous attack” and said its perpetrators would be punished. In addition to the six dead, Erdogan said another 53 were wounded, according to information he received from the Istanbul governor. www.euronews.com/2022/11/13/istanbul-explosion-casualties-reported-after-blast-in-popular-shopping-street
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 13, 2022 12:53:16 GMT -5
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 13, 2022 15:59:43 GMT -5
Here more..... ‘We did not want to think it was a bomb’ A witness, speaking to Al Jazeera, said she thought the sound of the explosion had come from a construction site. The explosion occurred next to a Mango clothing store on Istiklal avenue. “I was at Mango two hours beforehand. Then we went to [the adjacent neighbourhood of] Cihangir and heard the sound of an explosion while eating and did not want to think that it was a bomb,” Asena Hayal told Al Jazeera. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2022/11/13/live-news-deadly-explosion-hits-istanbuls-busy-istiklal-street
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 14, 2022 11:58:03 GMT -5
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 14, 2022 11:59:56 GMT -5
They think the lady came to the city months ago Istanbul blast live: Attacker came to city months ago, police say Istanbul attack suspect came to Istanbul four months ago: state media The suspect for the Istiklal Street bombing came to Istanbul about four months ago and worked in a textile business until the day of the attack, Turkish state media said quoting the police. According to reports, she lived with two other Syrians in the Istanbul district of Esenler. The woman said she was trained by Kurdish fighters in Syria and entered Turkey through northwest Syria’s Afrin region, the police said. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2022/11/14/istanbul-explosion-live-news-syrian-woman-arrested
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