Pipe Bomb Explodes in Istanbul, Wounding 5 at Rush Hour
- 8 years ago
A pipe bomb left on a highway overpass near an Istanbul subway station exploded Tuesday, wounding five people, a local official said.
The bomb was left at the start of the evening rush hour near the Bayrampasa subway station on Istanbul's European side, said Atilla Aydiner, the mayor for Istanbul's Bayrampasa district, who said five people were hurt.
Kurdish rebels fighting Turkey for autonomy in the mainly Kurdish southeast of the country have carried out bombings in Istanbul in the past and frequently target Turkey's security forces.
Two suicide bombings blamed on local Islamic State militants killed a total of 130 people in attacks near the border with Syria in July, and in the capital, Ankara, in October.
The bomb was left at the start of the evening rush hour near the Bayrampasa subway station on Istanbul's European side, said Atilla Aydiner, the mayor for Istanbul's Bayrampasa district, who said five people were hurt.
Kurdish rebels fighting Turkey for autonomy in the mainly Kurdish southeast of the country have carried out bombings in Istanbul in the past and frequently target Turkey's security forces.
Two suicide bombings blamed on local Islamic State militants killed a total of 130 people in attacks near the border with Syria in July, and in the capital, Ankara, in October.