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Many police injured in Istanbul Besiktas stadium blasts | |
(35 minutes later) | |
At least 20 police officers have been injured in explosions near a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey's interior minister says. | |
Suleyman Soylu said it was thought a car bomb had specifically targeted riot police. | |
Ambulances and police were seen rushing to the scene, and TV footage showed a fire burning outside the stadium. | Ambulances and police were seen rushing to the scene, and TV footage showed a fire burning outside the stadium. |
Turkey has seen a recent spate of militant attacks in major cities that have left dozens of people dead. | Turkey has seen a recent spate of militant attacks in major cities that have left dozens of people dead. |
The blast on Saturday happened two hours after a football match at the Vodafone Arena between Besiktas and Bursaspor, two of Turkey's top teams, ended. | |
Local media reported that fans had already dispersed. Bursaspor posted on Twitter that none of its fan groups knew of any injured fans. | |
Mr Soylu said: "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. | |
"We have no information on the number of dead. God willing we hope there won't be any." | |
Photographs posted on Instagram after the explosion showed helmets strewn on a road. | |
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