Teh One Who Knocks
01-12-2016, 11:32 AM
FOX News and The Associated Press
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At least ten people were killed and 15 others were injured Tuesday after an explosion in a historic district of Istanbul popular with tourists, the local governor's office said.
The cause of the explosion in the Sultanahmet area of the city is under investigation, but state-run TRT television reported the blast was likely caused by a suicide bomber. A government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of government rules, told the Associated Press the explosion was believed to be "terror-linked", but did not provide further details.
Turkey's Dogan news agency reported that at least six Germans, one Norwegian and one Peruvian were among the wounded, and Seoul's Foreign Ministry told reporters via text message that one South Korean had a finger injury.
A statement from the governor's office said that an investigation into the explosion was already underway. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu immediately convened a security meeting with the country's interior minister and other officials.
As with previous attacks, authorities imposed a news blackout, barring media from showing images of the dead or injured or reporting any details of the investigation.
Private NTV television said the explosion happened close to a park that is home to a landmark obelisk on the site of an ancient Roman hipppodrome, approximately 25 yards from Istanbul's landmark Blue Mosque.
Sultanahmet is Istanbul's main sightseeing area and includes the Topkapi Palace and the Haghia Sophia museum.
Police sealed the area, barring people from approaching in case of a second explosion.
The explosion was set off at approximately 10:20 a.m. local time, according to the Hurriyet newspaper.
Erdem Koroglu, who was working at a nearby office at the time of the explosion, told NTV television he saw several people lying on the ground following the blast.
"It was difficult to say who was alive or dead," Koroglu said. "Buildings rattled from the force of the explosion."
Turkey suffered two major bombing attacks last year.
More than 30 people were killed in an ISIS suicide attack in the town of Suruc, near Turkey's border with Syria, in July.
Two suicide bombs in October outside Ankara's main train station as people gathered for a peace rally killed more than 100 people. It was Turkey's deadliest attack. The prosecutor's office said the attack was carried out by a local ISIS cell.
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At least ten people were killed and 15 others were injured Tuesday after an explosion in a historic district of Istanbul popular with tourists, the local governor's office said.
The cause of the explosion in the Sultanahmet area of the city is under investigation, but state-run TRT television reported the blast was likely caused by a suicide bomber. A government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of government rules, told the Associated Press the explosion was believed to be "terror-linked", but did not provide further details.
Turkey's Dogan news agency reported that at least six Germans, one Norwegian and one Peruvian were among the wounded, and Seoul's Foreign Ministry told reporters via text message that one South Korean had a finger injury.
A statement from the governor's office said that an investigation into the explosion was already underway. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu immediately convened a security meeting with the country's interior minister and other officials.
As with previous attacks, authorities imposed a news blackout, barring media from showing images of the dead or injured or reporting any details of the investigation.
Private NTV television said the explosion happened close to a park that is home to a landmark obelisk on the site of an ancient Roman hipppodrome, approximately 25 yards from Istanbul's landmark Blue Mosque.
Sultanahmet is Istanbul's main sightseeing area and includes the Topkapi Palace and the Haghia Sophia museum.
Police sealed the area, barring people from approaching in case of a second explosion.
The explosion was set off at approximately 10:20 a.m. local time, according to the Hurriyet newspaper.
Erdem Koroglu, who was working at a nearby office at the time of the explosion, told NTV television he saw several people lying on the ground following the blast.
"It was difficult to say who was alive or dead," Koroglu said. "Buildings rattled from the force of the explosion."
Turkey suffered two major bombing attacks last year.
More than 30 people were killed in an ISIS suicide attack in the town of Suruc, near Turkey's border with Syria, in July.
Two suicide bombs in October outside Ankara's main train station as people gathered for a peace rally killed more than 100 people. It was Turkey's deadliest attack. The prosecutor's office said the attack was carried out by a local ISIS cell.