At Least 5 Injured in Istanbul Explosion

An explosion near a metro station in Istanbul, Turkey Tuesday injured at least five people and brought the transport system to a halt. A local official in Istanbul says an explosion at an overpass near the city's Bayrampasa station was caused by a bomb, but no claim of responsibility has been made.   Earlier, Istanbul's governor, Vasip Sahin, said that the cause of the blast was not known and that authorities were assessing every possibility. Some media reports said the...

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