UPDATE: According to the first report there were 2 massive explosions in #Istanbul ,pic.twitter.com/QlGo0mEtq5
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UPDATE: According to the first report there were 2 massive explosions in #Istanbul ,pic.twitter.com/QlGo0mEtq5
UPDATE: One explosion was at Taksim square and one at Süzer Plaza
UPDATE: One of the explosions happened near/at the #Besiktas Vodafone arena in #Istanbul, #Turkeypic.twitter.com/35ZboShbga
UPDATE: 1 explosion reportedly targeted a shoppin mall, Second explosion reportedly a bus with security personnel near the Vodafone Stadium
UPDATE: Getting confirmation now that one of the explosions hit buses which were carrying riot police near Beşiktaş Vodafone Arena.
VIDEO footage of the huge emergency services response to the explosion near Beşiktaş Vodafone Arena in #Istanbul #Turkeypic.twitter.com/cY3xIraqe0
UPDATE: Unprecedented response from emergency services to the sites if the explosiona in #Istanbul , a number of killed and dozen injuredpic.twitter.com/tGE5ffIuEs
UPDATE: The explosion was the result of a Car bomb targeting vehicle carrying riot police outside Besiktas Stadium in Istanbul, #Turkey.
UPDATE: Turkish authorities impose a temporary broadcast ban on the terror attacks in Istanbul's Beşiktaş districtpic.twitter.com/kl8kAdChEh
Footage of the explosion during a quite and relaxing friends gathering in Istanbul Turkeypic.twitter.com/2bwjkHspsK
UPDATE: The first minutes after the explosion near the Besiktas Vodafone Arenapic.twitter.com/494pfLTox6
BREAKING UPDATE: At least 15 security personnel have been killed in the explosion near the Besiktas Vodafone Arena #Istanbul
What we know so far:
2 Explosions, 1 outside the Besiktas Vodafone Arena, 2nd explosion possibly a suicide bomber, in Macka Park, #Istanbul
The 29 people who were killed in the twin attacks were 27 police officers, 2 civilians, 169 others were injured
BREAKING UPDATE: The death toll in the twin Istanbul attacks rises to 38 , including 7 civilians
UPDATE: Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK) claims responsibility for the twin attack near Besiktas Vodafone Arena in Istanbul that killed 39pic.twitter.com/PYuC5zlQq3
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