DHAKA: An explosion at a major tourist shopping area in the Turkish city of Istanbul has injured a number of people.

Turkish media say, reports the BBC.

Pictures showed people running away in panic, with police and ambulance vehicles rushing to the scene.

The area - Istiklal Street - is reportedly crowded at weekends.

Last Sunday, an explosion in the Turkish capital, Ankara killed 37 people. Kurdish militant group TAK claimed that attack.

The TAK, an offshoot of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), said that was in revenge for Turkish military operations in the mainly Kurdish south-east.

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