6 dead, 53 injured in a “bomb attack” in Istanbul: the president

Istanbul, November 13 (IANS) A minimum of six other people had been killed and 53 others injured in a “bomb assault” in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced on Sunday.

“In an instant after the treacherous assault, safety and well being gadgets had been despatched to the scene of the incident, and the injured had been briefly transferred to surrounding hospitals,” the president was once quoted as announcing by means of the scoop company. Ohlas.

“Efforts to take regulate of Turkey via terrorism won’t paintings,” Erdogan added.

Erdogan made the observation at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport forward of his departure for Indonesia for the impending G20 summit, Xinhua information company reported.

The blast hit the busy pedestrianized Istiklal Street at the Eu facet of the town at four:20 p.m. native time.

The sound of the explosion unfold all through the ancient district of Beyoglu and led to serious panic, native media reported.

–IANS

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