Top News

29 dead, 166 wounded in Istanbul bombings: interior minister

Published December 11, 2016 Updated December 11, 2016 11:00am

ISTANBUL: Twenty-nine people were killed, mainly police officers, and 166 wounded in double bombings that struck Istanbul Saturday after a home football match hosted by top side Besiktas, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said.

Twenty-seven of those killed were police and two were civilians, he told reporters in Istanbul, adding that 10 suspects had already been detained over the bombing.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2016