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[h=4]Turkey: Islamic State bomber kills 10 in Istanbul[/h]State-run TV channel TRT reported that the explosion was likely to have been caused by a suicide bomber.
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A TV report blames a suicide bomber for an explosion that killed at least 10 people in Istanbul, Turkey. The blast happened in a historic area that is popular with tourists. Officials say the cause of the blast is under investigation. (Jan. 12) AP
Police secure an area in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district, which is popular with tourists, after an explosion on Jan. 12.(Photo: AP)
A suicide bomb blast linked to the Islamic State<span style="color: Red;">*</span>ripped through a popular tourist<span style="color: Red;">*</span>area of Istanbul on Tuesday, killing 10 people and injuring 15 others, Turkish authorities said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed the Islamic State.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? said the bomber was a Syrian national.
"This incident has shown<span style="color: Red;">*</span>once again that we have to stand in full unity against terror," President<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Recep Tayyip Erdo?an<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said, according to the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Hurriyet Daily News.
"Turkey is resolute and its principled position will continue. It makes no difference to us what their names and abbreviations are. The first target of all terrorist organizations in this region is Turkey because Turkey is struggling against all of those with the same resolution."
Hurriyet said the blast<span style="color: Red;">*</span>took place in Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul's Fatih district. The area is home to the historic Blue Mosque, the Topkapi Palace and the Haghia Sophia museum.
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All of those killed were foreigners, most of them Germans, authorities said.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>At least six Germans, one Norwegian and one Peruvian were<span style="color: Red;">*</span>among the injured.
"International terrorism has shown its ugly face," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "We need to act decisively against it."
Jens Stoltenberg, NATO secretary general, condemned the attacks and extended condolences to the victims and their families.
"There can be no justification for such attacks," he said. "All NATO allies stand united in the fight against all forms of terrorism."
Anne Brasseur, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, tweeted: "I strongly condemn terrorist attack in Istanbul. Turkey has our support, and my thoughts are with the families of victims."
Turkey has been the target of deadly attacks at least three other times since June.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>In October, two suicide bombs at a peace rally killed more than 100 people in Turkey's capital Ankara. In July, more than 30 people died in a suicide attack<span style="color: Red;">*</span>near the country's border with Syria. In June, four people were killed and 100 wounded in a blast<span style="color: Red;">*</span>at a political rally in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Diyarbakir.
The Islamic State either claimed responsibility or was blamed for all those<span style="color: Red;">*</span>attacks.
Tuesday's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>explosion was strong enough to be heard in other areas of the city.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Erdem Koroglu, who was working at a nearby office, told NTV television he saw several people on the ground after the blast, the Associated Press reported.
“It was difficult to say who was alive or dead,” Koroglu said. “Buildings rattled from the force of the explosion.”
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