There are at least seven injured - including a policeman - in the explosion took place this morning in Istanbul. The bomb detonated next to a bus stop in Etiler, residential and shopping district of the Turkish city around 9 am local time (8 in Italy). It was a "bomb of medium potential," says the Turkish police, "placed on an electric bicycle" is next door.
The area was immediately evacuated, for fear of an explosion. The bomb, according to reports from local television, was under a bridge, Koc, and this has limited the impact of the explosion. In the vicinity of the explosion are the Akmerkez shopping center and a police academy. According to the initial hypothesis was disseminated from government This is the target of the attack.
For Turkey, this period is full of campaigning for the parliamentary elections on June 12. In the last month, a bloody assault on the basis of members of the party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was claimed by Kurdish separatists. The other day, another bomb - a cottage industry with a huge quantity of explosives - was found under a bridge in south-east Turkey.
One area where the majority Kurdish insurgency since 1984 has caused between 40 000 and 45 000 victims. 
The area was immediately evacuated, for fear of an explosion. The bomb, according to reports from local television, was under a bridge, Koc, and this has limited the impact of the explosion. In the vicinity of the explosion are the Akmerkez shopping center and a police academy. According to the initial hypothesis was disseminated from government This is the target of the attack.
For Turkey, this period is full of campaigning for the parliamentary elections on June 12. In the last month, a bloody assault on the basis of members of the party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was claimed by Kurdish separatists. The other day, another bomb - a cottage industry with a huge quantity of explosives - was found under a bridge in south-east Turkey.
One area where the majority Kurdish insurgency since 1984 has caused between 40 000 and 45 000 victims.
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