{"id":88713,"date":"2022-11-14T06:30:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/?p=88713"},"modified":"2022-11-14T06:30:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T01:00:13","slug":"6-dead-in-suicide-bombing-at-istanbul-shopping-street-many-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/6-dead-in-suicide-bombing-at-istanbul-shopping-street-many-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Dead In Suicide Bombing At Istanbul Shopping Street, Many Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Istanbul:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A strong explosion of unknown origin shook the busy shopping street of Istiklal in Istanbul on Sunday, leaving six people dead and wounding dozens more, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Turkey&#8217;s vice president said a suicide bomber carried out the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It might be wrong if we say for sure that this is terror but according to first signs&#8230; there is a smell of terror there,&#8221; Erdogan told a televised press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The relevant units of our state are working to find the perpetrators&#8230; behind this vile attack,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police cordoned off the area, where crowds were dense on Sunday afternoon, and helicopters were flying over the city centre as sirens were sounding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I was 50-55 metres (yards) away, suddenly there was the noise of an explosion. I saw three or four people on the ground,&#8221; witness Cemal Denizci, 57, told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;People were running in panic. The noise was huge. There was black smoke. The noise was so strong, almost deafening,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parents swept their children up into their arms as they fled the area.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2757Blast hits central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Istanbul?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Istanbul<\/a>, local media report. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s95VcL1BRr\">pic.twitter.com\/s95VcL1BRr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NonMua (@NonMyaan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NonMyaan\/status\/1591788598999019520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to an AFP video journalist on the scene, the police have established a large security cordon to prevent access to the damaged area for fear of a second explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A massive deployment of security forces equally barred all entrances, while a heavy deployment of rescue workers and police were visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The explosion occurred shortly after 4:00 pm (1300 GMT) in the famous Istiklal shopping street which is popular with locals and tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to images posted on social media at the time of the explosion, it was accompanied by flames and immediately triggered panic, with people running in all directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A large black crater was also visible in those images, as well as several bodies lying on the ground nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Istiklal Street had already been hit in the past during a campaign of attacks in 2015-2016 that targeted Istanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claimed by the Islamic State group, those attacks killed nearly 500 people and injured more than 2,000.Promoted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Istanbul:&nbsp; A strong explosion of unknown origin shook the busy shopping street of Istiklal in Istanbul on Sunday, leaving six people dead and wounding dozens more, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. 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