Five die in Istanbul suicide bombing
A file photo of Astiklal Street Photo courtesy: Wikipedia Five people, including a suicide bomber, were killed and 36 wounded in a suspected attack by Kurdish militants on a major shopping and tourist district in central Istanbul on Saturday. The fourth suicide bombing in Turkey this year hit part of Istiklal Street, a long pedestrian zone lined with global brand name shops and foreign consulates, just a few hundred metres from an area where police buses are usually parked. Preliminary findings indicate that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (or an affiliate carried out the attack, a senior Turkish official said. Advertisement “The attacker detonated the bomb before reaching the targeted point because they were scared of the police,” the official said, adding the bomber had planned to hit a more crowded spot. Istiklal Street, usually thronged with shoppers on weekends, was quieter than normal before the blast as more people are staying home after a series of deadly bombings. Health