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Dutch consulate in Istanbul closed over "possible terror threat"

Xinhua, March 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Netherlands on Wednesday closed its consulate general in Istanbul over "possible terror threat," said source from Dutch consulate.

And the Dutch consulate advised its citizen to avoid the area which is close to the location of a suicide bombing days ago that killed four foreigners.

"As a preventive measure the Dutch Consulate General in Istanbul is temporarily closed," tweeted Robert Schuddeboom, the Dutch consul general.

Earlier in the day the Dutch government released a written statement saying the consulate was temporarily closed as a precaution in light of possible terrorist threat.

A man later identified as an Islamic State militant blew himself up on Saturday in Istanbul's Istiklal Street, where the Dutch consulate is located, killing four tourists and wounding dozens of others.

At least 34 people were killed and more than 170 others injuired in Brussels on Tuesday when two explosions struck the Belgian capital's main international airport and another hit a metro station close to the European Union institutions. Endit