The explosion triggered traffic across the Turkish capital with an official telling Reuters that trains have been suspended at the Bayrampasa metro station. Several ambulances were sent to the area.
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But it was confirmed one person is dead and at least five are believed to have been injured. Private Doğan news agency reported that a homemade cluster bomb has caused the blast and that a bomb disposal team has arrived at the scene of the explosion.
The Anadolu Agency identified an injured person as a 36-year-old man and said he was not in a serious condition.
Social media posts showed people walking on railway tracks.
The blast occurred at an intersection in Bayrampasa district on the European side at around 6.00 p.m. local time (1600GMT).
An explosion took place near a subway station in İstanbul’s central Bayrampaşa neighborhood on Tuesday.
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It also faces security threats from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), whose militants often attack police and security in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, and the far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C).
