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Terrorists killed 38 people and injured 166 in two bombings outside a football stadium in Istanbul on Saturday night.

Riot police were targeted outside Beşiktaş's Vodafone Arena Stadium with a car bomb at around 10.20pm.

A second attack 45 seconds later saw a suicide bomber blow themselves up in Maçka Park just across from the stadium.

Twenty-seven police officers and two civilians were killed in the attacks, which came 90 minutes after Besiktas had taken on Bursaspor.

No fans were injured in the blasts.

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Police detailed 10 suspects over the bombings.

Eyewitness Omer Yilmiz said: "It was like hell

"The flames went all the way up to the sky. I was drinking tea at the cafe next to the mosque.

"People ducked under the tables, women began crying. Football fans drinking tea at the cafe sought shelter, it was horrible."

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A Reuters photographer at the scene said many riot police officers were seriously wounded, as dramatic pictures show the aftermath of the devastating blasts.

Ambulances and fire engines were called to both of the scenes, as a fire broke out outside the stadium.

Police cordoned off traffic outside the area as further police arrived to deal with the incident

The blast was caught on camera by a number of people on Twitter, including young men playing guitar in a park miles away from the blast.



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Footage from a live TV sports broadcast shows the stadium explosion going off in the background making the presenters jump with fright.

The video shows the man talking to a television studio during a live cross to the Turkish football show Top Sizde tonight.

The program appears to be analysing the match at the Vodafone Arena stadium earlier this evening between Besiktas and Bursaspor.

Right in the middle of the discussion an explosion rings out behind them, as the men on screen panic and flee.

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According to Reuters, fans from the game had already dispersed when the explosion took place.

Turkish soccer team Bursaspor said none of its fans appeared to have been injured.

"We have contacted our fan groups. There appear to be no injuries among our fans. We wish injured citizens a quick recovery," Bursaspor said in a statement on its Twitter account.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the explosion appeared to have been caused by a car bomb targeting a riot police bus.