Four people have been killed and 38 others wounded when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul, sending people running from the fiery blast.
Ambulances rushed to the scene on the packed Istiklal Avenue, which police quickly cordoned off. The area, in the Beyoglu district of Turkey’s largest city, had been crowded as usual at the weekend with shoppers, tourists and families.
State broadcaster TRT and state-owned Anadolu agency said the cause of the blast was not yet known.
