The Russian Sputnik news agency reported earlier that at least 15 people were killed in the blast outside the football stadium of Besiktas in Istanbul. Furthermore he spoke of 38 wounded. On the side of the Reuters news agency, citing sources from Turkish security services, reported that the death toll is at least 13.
Earlier today, Interior Minister Suleiman country Soilou made known that about 20 people were injured noting that he had information on the dead in the attack.
For terrorism had talks shortly before the Transport Minister of the country, Ahmet Arslan with his post on social networking site Twitter. Strong police forces blocked the area around the Vodafone Arena stadium, football team Besiktas, broadcast journalist of Reuters news agency. In figures put forward by the Turkish television networks can see the carcass of a burnt car and two fires in the street outside the stadium.
Many police officers were seriously injured in the explosion, reported Reuters news agency. According to the NTV television network, the explosion occurred while they were leaving the stage the fans of teams, once the officers left the area.
Eyewitnesses told Reuters that two explosions occurred. H football team Bursaspor stated that none of the fans do not seem to have been injured in the explosion.