Female Suicide Bomber Detonates Blast In Istanbul Police Station
January 07 2015
A female suicide bomber has blown herself up in Istanbul, killing a Turkish police officer and wounding another officer, reports the BBC.
The bomber on Tuesday entered a police station in the Sultanahmet district. The governor of Istanbul said the woman spoke English with "a thick accent."
Police sealed off the district, a popular tourist destination that includes the Hagia Sophia museum and the Blue Mosque.
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