• A Police forensic expert works on the scene of an explosion in central Istanbul. Osman Orsal / Reuters
    A Police forensic expert works on the scene of an explosion in central Istanbul. Osman Orsal / Reuters
  • Security members evacuate the area. IHA via AP
    Security members evacuate the area. IHA via AP
  • Turkish police cordon off the Blue Mosque area. At least 10 people were killed and 15 wounded when a large explosion rocked central Istanbul on Tuesday, the Istanbul governor’s office said. Ozan Kose / AFP Photo
    Turkish police cordon off the Blue Mosque area. At least 10 people were killed and 15 wounded when a large explosion rocked central Istanbul on Tuesday, the Istanbul governor’s office said. Ozan Kose / AFP Photo
  • The cause of the explosion is under investigation, but state-run TRT television said it was likely caused by a suicide bomber.. Sedat Suna / EPA
    The cause of the explosion is under investigation, but state-run TRT television said it was likely caused by a suicide bomber.. Sedat Suna / EPA
  • “We’re taking precautions against a second explosion,” the police officer said, ushering people out of the square.” Tolga Bozoglu / EPA
    “We’re taking precautions against a second explosion,” the police officer said, ushering people out of the square.” Tolga Bozoglu / EPA
  • Erdem Koroglu, who was working at a nearby office at the time of the explosion, told NTV television he saw several people lying on the ground following the blast. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
    Erdem Koroglu, who was working at a nearby office at the time of the explosion, told NTV television he saw several people lying on the ground following the blast. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
  • Ambulances rushed to the site in Sultanahmet square, close to the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, in a major tourist area of Turkey’s most populous city, ferrying away the wounded as police cordoned off streets. Sedat Suna / EPA
    Ambulances rushed to the site in Sultanahmet square, close to the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, in a major tourist area of Turkey’s most populous city, ferrying away the wounded as police cordoned off streets. Sedat Suna / EPA

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Istanbul tourist district blast - in pictures

Robert Mickelson

January 12, 2016

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At least 10 people were killed and 15 wounded when a large explosion rocked central Istanbul on Tuesday, the Istanbul governor’s office said.

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