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| The Grand Turk |
| Istanbul shopping district bomb wounds seven |
| 2011-05-26 |
| A bomb exploded at a crowded bus stop in a busy Istanbul shopping district, wounding seven people on Thursday. Turkey has already been on high alert before elections next month amid threats of violence from Kurdish separatists. No group has yet claimed responsibility. Tuncay Ozdemircan, a nearby resident, said: "I suddenly heard a loud blast, the windows were shaking. It sounded more like a bomb than a gunshot. When I looked from the window I saw yellow smoke billowing into the sky. I thought to myself, it's a bomb explosion." The bomb is said to have been planted on an electric bicycle. |
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