Six people were killed and dozens wounded when a bomb exploded on Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue on Sunday.
Six people were killed and dozens wounded after a bomb exploded on a popular tourist destination in Istanbul on Sunday.on Istiklal Avenue's shopping strip showed people fleeing from flames moments after the pedestrian street, typically crowded with tourists and locals alike, was bombed.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that perpetrators would be punished. Istanbul's governor reported 53 people wounded from the “treacherous attack," Erdogan said.from spreading close-up images of blasts and the aftermath of explosions in reports, which the country's media watchdog has imposed again. Businesses were shuttered and the avenue closed down after the bombing, the Associated Press reported.
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