At slightest 15 dead, 69 harmed in Istanbul blasts

Istanbul: At slightest 15 people were killed and 69 harmed in dual explosions that strike executive Istanbul late on Saturday, a authorities said.

The blast happened dual hours after a football compare during a Vodafone Arena between Besiktas and Bursaspor concluded, BBC reported.

Turkish officials pronounced a blasts, believed to be a automobile explosve and a self-murder bomb, had targeted military officers.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said: “It is suspicion to be a automobile explosve during a indicate where a special army military were located, right after a compare during a exit where Bursaspor fans exited, after a fans had left.

No organisation has pronounced it was behind a conflict though a array of bombings in a nation this year has been carried out by Islamic State (IS) terrorists.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reliable fatalities though gave no details.

“A belligerent conflict has been carried out opposite a confidence army and a citizens,” he said.

“It has been accepted that a explosions after a Besiktas-Bursaspor football diversion directed to maximize casualties. As a outcome of these attacks unfortunately we have martyrs and wounded.”

Turkey has seen a new spate of belligerent attacks in vital cities that have left dozens of people dead.

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