Two explosions near a football stadium in the heart of Turkey’s biggest city, Istanbul, have killed 29 people and injured 166, the government says.
The explosions, believed to be a car bomb and a suicide bomb, targeted police officers near the stadium, officials say.
Witnesses heard gunfire after the attack, which came two hours after fans had left the Besiktas stadium, following the team’s 2-1 home victory over Bursaspor.
Ten arrests were made. Turkey has seen a recent spate of deadly militant attacks in major cities.
TV footage showed what appeared to be the wreckage of a burned out car and two separate fires on the road outside the stadium.
No group has said it was behind the attack but a wave of bombings in Turkey this year has been carried out by Kurdish militants and so-called Islamic State (IS).
Credit: BBC
