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Four suspects detained in latest Istanbul attack

Published June 8th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT
Municipal workers clean the damages caused to a hotel and the road by a bomb in the Vezneciler district of Istanbul on June 7, 2016. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
Municipal workers clean the damages caused to a hotel and the road by a bomb in the Vezneciler district of Istanbul on June 7, 2016. (AFP/Ozan Kose)

Four people were detained on Tuesday in connection to a terror blast in Istanbul's Beyazit area that killed 11 people and injured 36 others, police officials said.

The attack by a bomb-laden car, which targeted a police vehicle and killed seven policemen and four civilians, was carried out at 8:40 a.m. local time said Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin.

Police have evacuated the area surrounding the blast, and the injured have been taken to nearby hospitals.

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