Suicide bomber wounds 22 in Istanbul’s main square

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

Istanbul police chief Huseyin Capkin said the bomber tried but failed to get into parked police vans and detonated the bomb just outside one vehicle.

Riot police are stationed at Taksim Square in case of demonstrations.