Two Turkish people injured in explosion outside bank in Istanbul
7 12 2008Hurriyet
A percussion bomb exploded in front of a bank in central Istanbul on Saturday, wounding two people.
The device, which was probably homemade, was placed in a garbage bin near a state bank in the working class district of Fatih and caused no other material damage.
Percussion bombs make a loud noise but usually do little damage.
The injured were two passers-by, news agencies said. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The area was cordoned off to keep traffic away after the blast in case of a second bomb attack.
In July a double bomb attack killed 17 people in a crowded area of Istanbul, the first blast caused by a loud percussion bomb and the second a more powerful explosion that ripped through the crowd. Turkish authorities attributed that attack to the terror organization PKK.
Source: arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=10523907
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