29 killed, 166 wounded in twin bombings in Istanbul: Interior minister

A total of 29 people were killed and another 166 were wounded on Dec. 10 when a double bombing hit central Istanbul near Beşiktaş's Vodafone Arena Stadium, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced.

The first explosion was came from a moving car that directly targeted riot police near the stadium, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said in a press conference early on Dec. 11.

The second attack came 45 seconds after the first one when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at Maçka Park just across from the stadium, Kurtulmuş said.

Later on, Kurtulmuş pointed to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as the possible perpetrator of the attack. 

"It's not certain, but the arrows point to the PKK," he told CNN Türk on Dec. 11.

The interior minister announced that 27 police officers and two civilians were killed while 166 people were wounded in the twin bombings. 

Ten suspects have been detained in connection with the attack, Soylu said.

Beşiktas has announced that one of the civilians killed was a staff member at the Beşiktaş store while the other was a congress member and a police officer. 

Health Minister Recep Akdağ said 20 people were discharged from hospitals while six of the wounded were in intensive care, three of whom are in a critical condition. 

The huge blasts occurred at around 10:20 p.m., around 90 minutes after a match between Beşiktaş and Bursaspor ended at the nearby ground. It was heard on both sides of the Bosphorus.

Following the attack, Bursaspor stated on its official Twitter account that there were no injuries among its supporters.

Beşiktaş also condemned the attack in a statement issued on its website, as did the Turkish Football Federation ...