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Update: 8 wounded in explosion near military post in Istanbul

Xinhua, May 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

Eight people including five soldiers were wounded in an explosion that occurred near a military post in Istanbul on Thursday, Turkish media reported.

A car exploded as a military shuttle bus passed near the compound located in Istanbul's Asian neighborhood of Samandra, the reports said.

Of ten people on board the bus, eight were wounded including five soldiers, the reports said, noting that the vehicle was detonated by a remote control.

The Istanbul governor confirmed that five soldiers were among the injured.

Istanbul has been bracing itself for more terror attacks, as several bombing attacks have hit the metropolis in the past months amid a deteriorating security situation in Turkey. Endit