{Several people wounded in bomb attack on police bus in the central district of Beyazit, local broadcasters say.
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\nA bomb attack targeted a police vehicle in a central Istanbul district, leaving several people wounded, the state television reported.<\/p>\n
The remote-controlled bomb exploded as a service shuttle carrying police officers was passing in the Beyazit district of Istanbul, the TRT news channel reported.<\/p>\n
Ambulances and fire engines were dispatched to the scene. Five people were injured according to initial findings, the Dogan news agency reported.<\/p>\n
Turkey is on high security alert after two deadly attacks in Istanbul this year blamed on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, and a pair of attacks in Ankara that were claimed by Kurdish separatists and killed dozens.<\/p>\n
The two attacks in Ankara were claimed by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) – a splinter group of the better-known outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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