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Video/ Powerful explosion in Istanbul, 4 dead and many injured

Video/ Powerful explosion in Istanbul, 4 dead and many injured

An explosion on Istanbul's pedestrian Istiklal Boulevard has killed four people and injured 38 others, the city's governor said.

Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya announced the death toll on Twitter and said the explosion occurred around 4:20 pm (13:20 GMT) today.

The cause of the explosion is not clear.

'There are strong doubts that this was a suicide bomb, but we still don't have any official statement [on this],' Al Jazeera's Sinem Koseoglu said from Istanbul.


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