20 wounded in blast outside Istanbul football stadium

A police officer stands guard at the scene after an explosion in Istanbul. File photo: Reuters

A police officer stands guard at the scene after an explosion in Istanbul. File photo: Reuters

Published Dec 10, 2016

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Istanbul - A suspected car bomb outside a

football stadium in central Istanbul wounded at least 20 people

on Saturday hours after the end of a match between two of

Turkey's top teams, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said.

Armed police sealed off streets around the Vodafone Arena,

home to the Besiktas football team, a Reuters witness said. TV

footage showed what appeared to be the wreckage of a burned out

car and two separate fires on the road outside the stadium.

Soylu, speaking in parliament during a budget hearing, said

around 20 people had been wounded and that initial indications

were that the blast was caused by a car bomb targeting a riot

police bus.

Reuters

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