Two dead in Istanbul bomb blasts

Published August 11, 2004

ISTANBUL, Aug 10: Simultaneous explosions rocked two hotels in tourist areas of Istanbul early on Tuesday, killing a Turk and an Iranian and injuring up to 10 in what the city's police chief said was an apparent bomb attack.

Separately, two bombs exploded at a storage complex for liquid petroleum gas in an outlying area of the city, causing damage but no casualties, state-run Anatolian news agency said.

"These (hotel blasts) appear to be a terrorist attack," Istanbul police chief told Anatolian. There was no claim of responsibility for Tuesday's blasts, but Kurdish militants, far-leftists and radical groups have all carried out bomb attacks in the city. -Reuters

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