At least 20 people have been hurt in explosions outside an Istanbul soccer stadium. The Turkish transport minister called the blasts ‘terrorist attacks’.
New footage of the Istanbul explosion. pic.twitter.com/pNsfUN533e
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Turkey’s interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, gave the casualty toll and said the wounded were police officers. “It is thought to be a car bomb at a point where our special forces police were located, right after the match at the exit where Bursaspor fans exited, after the fans had left,” he said.
The car bomb was targeting riot police positioned outside Besiktas Stadium on Saturday night.
Sounds of explosions captured on live TV broadcast in Istanbul. pic.twitter.com/YXVkLxKnAb
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“We have contacted our fan groups. There appear to be no injuries among our fans. We wish injured citizens a quick recovery,” Bursaspor said in a statement on its Twitter account.
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