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15 dead, 69 injured in Istanbul twin blasts: health ministry

Published December 11, 2016 Updated December 11, 2016 10:52am

ISTANBUL: Twin bombings in the heart of Istanbul killed 15 people and wounded 69 on Saturday after a home match of Istanbul football giants Besiktas, the health ministry said.

The first attack is believed to be caused by a car bomb detonated outside the football stadium on the shores of the Bosphorus while a suicide attacker struck a nearby park.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2016