Bloodbath in Istanbul: Terrorists kill at least 13 in machine gun and twin bomb attack on Turkish riot police outside major Istanbul football match
Twin blasts rocked Istanbul this evening, with a car bomb detonating at a football stadium as a suicide attacker struck at a nearby park, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more.'Two bombings may have taken place according to our understanding: one outside the stadium... the other at Macka Park,' Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said.'The explosion at Macka Park is believed tohave been carried out by a suicide bomber,' he added.The Turkish government imposed a media ban in the wake of the blasts, citing 'national security' concerns.The car bomb rocked the streets near Istanbul's Besiktas sports stadium late this evening, which lies on the European side of the city.The blast in central Istanbul wounded at least 20 people after the end of a match between two of Turkey's top teams, the Interior said.The bomber was said to have targeted a riot police bus stationed near the stadium of Istanbul's Besiktas football club.T...