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.
[Reuters: Istanbul bombs kill 15 on eve of political case (July 28, 2008)] 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.
[Associated Press: Bombs strike Istanbul neighborhood, killing 15 (July 27, 2008)] The bombings came the night before a scheduled
court case over the legal status of the ruling
Islamic
AK Party.
[Reuters: Istanbul bombs kill 15 on eve of political case (July 28, 2008)]
