recep tayyip erdogan, adding the culprits would be punished. turkey s justice ministry now says the bomber was a woman who had sat on a bench in the area for a0 minutes before the blast. it was the first major bomb attack in istanbul in years. well, istiklal remains sealed off now. there is a heavy police presence. but this is normally one of the busiest places in istanbul, an area that is crammed with visitors and with shoppers. now police are carrying out their investigations, and there is a real sense among people here of anxiety. for istanbul, this has come as a shock. hayat told us she was in an intranet cafe on istiklal and rushed out to see dead and injured. what i saw was a pram, she said. i saw wounded people
who had sat on a bench in the area for a0 minutes before the blast. it was the first major bomb attack in istanbul in years. well, istiklal remains sealed off now. there is a heavy police presence. but this is normally one of the busiest places in istanbul, an area that is crammed with visitors and with shoppers. now police are carrying out their investigations, and there is a real sense among people here of anxiety. for istanbul, this has come as a shock. hayat told us she was in an intranet cafe on istiklal and rushed out to see dead and injured. what i saw was a pram , she said. i saw wounded people running around. there was a woman running, carrying her dog. it was a frenzy. as night fell, the shadow of an old fear.
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in the area for a0 minutes before the blast. it was the first major bomb attack in istanbul in years. well, istiklal remains sealed off now. there is a heavy police presence. but this is normally one of the busiest places in istanbul, an area that is crammed with visitors and with shoppers. now, police are carrying out their investigations, and there is a real sense among people here of anxiety. for istanbul, this has come as a shock. hayat told us she was in an intranet cafe on istiklal and rushed out to see dead and injured. what i saw was a pram, she said. i saw wounded people running around. there was a woman running, carrying her dog. it was a frenzy. as night fell, the shadow of an old fear. this city has been bombed
in the area for a0 minutes before the blast. it was the first major bomb attack in istanbul in years. hayat told us she was in an intranet cafe on istiklal and rushed out to see dead and injured. what i saw was a pram, she said. i saw wounded people running around. there was a woman running, carrying her dog. it was a frenzy. as night fell, the shadow of an old fear. this city has been bombed in the past, by both kurdish separatists and islamist militants. people here are wondering, are we back to that? orla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. we can speak now to shona bhattacharyya, she s a turkey correspondent for france 24. thank you for being on the