2008 Istanbul bombings

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2008 Istanbul bombings
2008 Istanbul bombings is located in Istanbul
2008 Istanbul bombings
LocationTurkey Güngören, Istanbul, Turkey
DateJuly 27, 2008
18:45 (UTC)
Attack type
Bombings
Deaths17[1]
Injured154

The 2008 Istanbul bombings occurred on July 27, 2008 when two explosions hit a busy shopping street in the Güngören district of Istanbul, killing seventeen people, five of them children,[1] and injuring 154.[2] The attacks occurred at 9:45 p.m. local time, 18:45 UTC,[3] on a pedestrian street closed to traffic.[4] The bombings were the deadliest civilian attacks in Turkey since the 2003 Istanbul bombings, five years earlier.[5]

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  2. ^ "Deadly blasts hit Istanbul street". BBC. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  3. ^ "Double bombing kills 17, injures more than 150 in Turkey's Istanbul". Hurriyet. 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  4. ^ "Istanbul blasts kill 17 and injure more than 150". The Age. 2008-07-28. Archived from the original on 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  5. ^ "Turkey Blames Kurdish Rebels For Istanbul Blasts That Killed 17". Wall Street Journal. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-07-28.