Turkey declares day's mourning after blasts possibly targeting police kill at least 29 and injure 160 others.
Two explosions have hit the city of Istanbul, near Besiktas stadium, killing at least 29 people, mostly police personnel, and wounding more than 160 .
They have detained 10 people in connection with the bombings.
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said 27 of those killed were police and two were civilians, according to AFP news agency.
"I heard two loud explosions within 30 seconds of each other," Omer Yilmaz, a cleaner at the nearby Dolmabahce Mosque, told Al Jazeera.
"I saw flames. I walked towards the police bus which was on fire and and I saw policemen inside."
Turkey declared a one-day morning after the twin blasts ripped through the heart of Istanbul, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Sunday.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim also ordered flags to fly at half mast, Anadolu said.
Source : News Wires
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