Chelsea fans told not to travel in wake of blasts

CHELSEA last night announced they will not take up their ticket allocation for the Champions League match against Besiktas on December 9 following yesterday’s bombings in Istanbul.

Chelsea fans told not to travel in wake of blasts
Fri, 21 Nov, 2003 - 00:00
Mark Collins

The Foreign Office have advised against travel to the city after two bombs killed at least 27 people and 450 were injured.

The blasts followed a pair of synagogue bombings on Saturday which killed 23 people, plus the two suicide bombers.

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