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Explosion in Istanbul: five people injured (video)

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Five people have been injured by a blast which targeted a police bus in central Istanbul, informs BBC. The remote-controlled device was reportedly detonated as the vehicle passed through the Vezneciler district Pictures showed the wreckage of a bus destroyed and the facade of nearby buildings damaged. Violence in Turkey has escalated recently as a result of tensions with Kurdish separatists and the conflict in neighbouring Syria. The explosion happened during the morning rush hour, near the city's historic Beyazit Square neighbourhood, a major tourist attraction. More here