Bomb attack on isreali bus kills 11

    

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A car bomb attack targeting a police bus has
killed at least 11 people in central Istanbul,
officials say.
The explosives were remotely detonated as
the vehicle passed through the busy
Vezneciler district at the morning rush hour,
reports said.
No group has said it carried out the attack.
Violence in Turkey has escalated recently as a
result of tensions with Kurdish separatists
and the conflict in neighbouring Syria.
The explosion happened near the city's
historic Beyazit Square neighbourhood, a
major tourist attraction.
Four civilians and seven police officers were
among the dead, Istanbul's governor, Vasip
Sahin, said. Some 36 other people were
injured, he added.
Pictures showed the wreckage of a bus
destroyed and the facade of nearby buildings
damaged. Armed police were also seen next to
the site.
Reports said gunfire was heard in the area

after the blast.