Istanbul Terror Bombing

July 27, 2008: At least 15 people were killed and 154 others injured when a pair of explosions rocked a residential neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey.¹ The first, relatively small explosion originated from a telephone booth and caused minimal damage. Ten minutes later, however, a second explosion ripped through a crowd of shoppers and was heard up to a mile away.² The bombings came the night before a scheduled court case over the legal status of the ruling Islamic AK Party.¹

Fast Facts

1. Location: Gungoren neighborhood in Istanbul
2. Time: 10:00 p.m. and 10:10 p.m. (local)
3. Initially reported as a gas leak explosion
4. Later pronounced a terrorist bombing by authorities²
5. Deadliest Turkish terror attack in 5 years³
6. Police analyzing surveillance footage
7. Istanbul has been the site of terrorism by Kurdish separatists, Islamists and leftists

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