A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up near police watching over Istanbul’s main square yesterday, wounding 22 people, including 10 policemen, officials said.

A suicide bomber blew himself up today beside a police vehicle in a major Istanbul square near tourist hotels and a bus terminal, wounding 32 people, including 15 policemen.

A suicide bomber blew himself up near police watching over Istanbul’s main square today, wounding 22 people, including 10 policemen, officials said.

Turkish police have detained 27 people for questioning over a bomb attack in Istanbul in which five people were killed, the state-run news agency said today.