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Istanbul Besiktas Turkey: Stadium blasts kill 29 people Istanbul Besiktas Turkey: Stadium blasts kill 29 people
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Two explosions near a football stadium in Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, have killed 29 people and injured 166. A twin bomb attack on police officers outside a football stadium in Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, has killed 29 people and injured 166.
Saturday evening's blasts - a car bombing and a suicide bombing - targeted police, officials say. A car bomb hit a police vehicle and a suicide bomber detonated a suicide vest in quick succession late on Saturday.
They occurred two hours after a match between top-division teams Besiktas and Bursaspor at Besiktas' home stadium. The blasts occurred near the stadium of top-division team Besiktas, two hours after a match. Ten arrests were made.
Ten arrests were made. Turkey has begun a day of national mourning. The country has seen a recent wave of deadly militant attacks in major cities. The government says initial findings point towards Kurdish militants, who have targeted police in the past.
No group has said it was behind the attack but a wave of bombings in Turkey this year has been carried out by Kurdish militants and so-called Islamic State (IS), the BBC's Turkey correspondent, Mark Lowen, reports. Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told CNN Turk news channel that "arrows point" to the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK).
The fact that police appear to have been hit will focus suspicion on Kurdish militant groups, who have mainly targeted the security forces, he adds. Two of those killed were civilians and the rest were police officers. Photographs posted on Instagram after the explosion showed helmets strewn on a road and damaged vehicles.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed fatalities but gave no details. No group has said it was behind the attack but a wave of bombings in Turkey this year has been carried out both by the PKK and so-called Islamic State (IS), says the BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul.
"A terrorist attack has been carried out against our security forces and our citizens," he said. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the explosions "aimed to maximise casualties".
"It has been understood that the explosions after the Besiktas-Bursaspor football game aimed to maximise casualties. As a result of these attacks unfortunately we have martyrs and wounded." But they came two hours after the end of the match between top teams Bursaspor at Besiktas at the Vodafone Arena.
Local media reported that fans had already dispersed. Bursaspor posted on Twitter that it knew of no injuries to its supporters.
Deadly attacks in Turkey this yearDeadly attacks in Turkey this year
20 August: Bomb attack on wedding party in Gaziantep kills at least 30 people, IS suspected20 August: Bomb attack on wedding party in Gaziantep kills at least 30 people, IS suspected
30 July: 35 Kurdish fighters who try to storm a military base are killed by the Turkish army30 July: 35 Kurdish fighters who try to storm a military base are killed by the Turkish army
29 June: A gun and bomb attack on Ataturk airport in Istanbul kills 41 people, in an attack blamed on IS militants29 June: A gun and bomb attack on Ataturk airport in Istanbul kills 41 people, in an attack blamed on IS militants
13 March: 37 people are killed by Kurdish militants in a suicide car bombing in Ankara13 March: 37 people are killed by Kurdish militants in a suicide car bombing in Ankara
17 February: 28 people die in an attack on a military convoy in Ankara17 February: 28 people die in an attack on a military convoy in Ankara
The blasts came two hours after the end of the match at the Vodafone Arena.
Local media reported that fans had already dispersed. Bursaspor posted on Twitter that none of its groups knew of any injured fans.
Interior Minister Suleyman 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."
He later said the second blast, at nearby Macka Park, was believed to be a suicide bomb.
TV channel NTV reported that the target of the first attack was a bus carrying riot police.
Photographs posted on Instagram after the explosion showed helmets strewn on a road and damaged vehicles.
A police helicopter circled overhead and windows in nearby buildings were blown out by the force of the blasts.
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