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The death toll from two bomb blasts in a packed Istanbul square has risen to 16. More than 150 others were wounded in the deadliest attack against civilians in Turkey in almost five years. The city's governor called it a "terror attack" but officials did not blame any specific group and no one immediately claimed responsibility. CNN-Turk television, citing security sources, said police suspect Kurdish rebels may be behind it. "There is no doubt that this is a terror attack," Governor Muammer Guler said. The first explosion was not very strong. Several people came to see what was going on. That's when the second explosion occurred and it injured many onlookers. Istanbul shopkeeper Huseyin Senturk The first bomb went off in the residential neighbourhood of Gungoren in a busy square closed to traffic where people gather at... [read full story]
