Seventeen killed in bomb attacks on British Consulate and bank

Explosions hit the British Consulate and the Turkish headquarters of the London-based HSBC bank in Istanbul today, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 300.

Thu, 20 Nov, 2003 - 11:56

Explosions hit the British Consulate and the Turkish headquarters of the London-based HSBC bank in Istanbul today, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 300.

A man calling the semi-official Anatolia news agency claimed that al-Qaida and the Turkish Islamic militant group IBDA-C jointly claimed responsibility for attacks.

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