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Five explosions rock Istanbul, Turkey

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Five explosions shook Istanbul on Thursday, including blasts in front of the HSBC bank in an affluent district and another across the British consulate, television stations reported. Body parts were scattered in front of the HSBC bank in Levent district, NTV television reported based on witness accounts.

Another bomb explosion ripped of the wall surrounding the garden of the British consulate in downtown Beyoglu district. Ten people were reported killed in that explosion, private CNN-Turk television said.

Two more explosions followed, including one on the Asian side of this city, televisions said.

The blasts followed Saturday's suicide attacks on two synagogues by two Turkish Islamic militants that killed 23 people.

Al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the synagogue attacks but authorities were trying to authenticate that claim.

Istanbul blasts linked with attacks on synagogues: Turkey

Turkish Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu said the explosions in Istanbul Thursday might have been linked to the twin attacks on synagogues in the city five days ago, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

At least seven people were killed and 105 others injured in the series of blasts in Istanbul Thursday morning, according to the private NTV television.

Body parts were seen scattered in front of Istanbul headquarters of the HSBC bank in the Levent district in northern Istanbul, NTV said.

Another one of the blasts occurred in front of a shopping mall and one occurred around the British Consulate in Istanbul .Local Star TV quoted Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate assaying that three people were killed and 114 others wounded in the wave of explosions.

The bombing attacks followed last Saturday's suicide attacks against two synagogues in Istanbul. Twenty-five people were killed and more than 300 others wounded in the twin explosions.

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