By Victor Duda
According to the Turkish official, the explosion happened around 4:20 pm local time (15:20 in Kiev) on the St. klyal Street. "Our police, doctors, firefighters were sent to the scene . . . There are casualties and injured. Information about the event will be brought to the public," Arlika wrote. According to preliminary data at the disposal of CNN Turk, 11 people were injured. Journalists also reported that at least one killed is known.
"According to the information we receive, it is a terrorist attack, it is likely that it could even be a suicide, also talk about a bag filled with explosives," the media reported. It should be noted that the pedestrian Street of Istiklal, where the explosion occurred, is 500 meters from the Consulate of the Russian Federation in Istanbul.
In the period from 2015 to 2017, Turkey suffered from a series of deadly explosions committed by the Islamic State group and Kurdish groups declared outlawed on the territory of the state. We will remind, less than a month ago in Turkish Istanbul a large-scale fire broke out in a 24-storey apartment building. Then the victims were avoided, the residents were evacuated from the scene.
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