ISTANBUL, Dec 11, (APP/AFP) - Twenty-nine people were killed, mainly police officers, and 166 wounded in double bombings that struck stanbul Saturday after a home football match hosted by top side Besiktas, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. Twenty-seven of those killed were police and two were civilians, he told reporters in Istanbul, adding that 10 suspects had already been detained over the bombing.
29 dead, 166 wounded in Istanbul bombings: interior minister
ISTANBUL, Dec 11, (APP/AFP) – Twenty-nine people were killed, mainly police officers, and 166 wounded in double bombings that struck stanbul Saturday after a home football match hosted by top side Besiktas, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said.
Twenty-seven of those killed were police and two were civilians, he told reporters in Istanbul, adding that 10 suspects had already been detained over the bombing.
