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
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 past, by both kurdish separatists and islamist militants. people here are wondering, are we back to that? orla guerin,
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 past, by both kurdish separatists and islamist militants. people here are wondering, are we back to that?
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? 0rla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. in the united states, the democrats have retained control of the senate in the mid term elections, after winning a pivotal race in the state of nevada. let s take a look at what that means. around a third of the senate seats were up for election, and the democrats needed 50 seats to hold on which they secured with nevada. president biden said he was incredibly pleased by the results, which are a blow to donald trump s hopes of running