Just now. Two bombs, at least 20+ injured so far.
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Turkish authorities have reported that a major soccer stadium in Istanbul was hit by at least two explosions on Saturday night, in which around 20 police were wounded.
Witnesses said more police were deployed and had cordoned off the area as smoke rose from the newly built Beșiktaș Stadium. They said gunfire had also been heard in what appeared to have been an armed attack on police. Broadcaster NTV said the explosion seemed to have targeted a police vehicle that was leaving the stadium after fans had dispersed.
Turkey’s interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, gave the casualty toll and said the wounded were police officers. “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 said. “We have no information on the number of dead. God willing, we hope there won’t be any. The wounded are police.”
Prime minister Binali Yıldıriım and Istanbul governor Vasip Şahin had been notified, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency said.
Two witnesses told Reuters they had heard two blasts outside the Vodafone Arena, which lies on the edge of the Bosphorus in central Istanbul and is home to the Besiktas soccer team. A Reuters photographer said many riot police officers were seriously wounded.
“It was like hell. The flames went all the way up to the sky. I was drinking tea at the cafe next to the mosque,” said Omer Yilmiz, who works as a cleaner at the nearby Dolmabahce mosque. “People ducked under the tables, women began crying. Football fans drinking tea at the cafe sought shelter. It was horrible.”
Armed police sealed off streets around the stadium. A police water cannon doused the wreckage of a burnt-out car and there were two separate fires on the road outside the building. Images broadcast on television showed more than a dozen ambulances on a street hugging the stadium and a police helicopter flying overhead with its search lights on.
Turkish soccer team Bursaspor said none of its fans appeared to have been injured in the explosion. “We have contacted our fan groups. There appear to be no injuries among our fans. We wish injured citizens a quick recovery,” Bursaspor said in a statement on its Twitter account.
In a tweet, Turkey’s transport minister, Ahmet Arslan, referred to the bombing as a terrorist attack.
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İ watch the soccer game in stadium and bomb explosion near us. i hope no one die... internet is so slow and all news prohibited. we have no idea about it. pls if u hear something on press. give me link.
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