Istanbul police chief Hüseyin Çapkın said ten people were injured in a blast in Istanbul on March 1 morning, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Çapkın said the explosion was caused by a bomb that was remotely detonated.
A blast shook Istanbul’s Sütlüce district this morning, as at least five police officers were wounded, according to news agencies. The blast took place near a midibus carrying police officers, on the İmrahor Street in a district near the Golden Horn.
The location is also very near the Istanbul district office of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, and the headquarters of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD).
The five were on duty at a building belonging to the Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (MÜSİAD), which is close to the AKP branch on İmrahor Street in Beyoğlu district’s Sütlüce neighborhood.
Two vehicles were also reportedly damaged in the blast.
