By Tony Winterburn • Published: 26 Oct 2020 • 20:08
The Turkish city of Iskenderun has been shaken and debris scattered across the street after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest.
Video shared on Twitter shows the reported aftermath of the blast which struck in the city of Iskenderun, Hatay Province, which is on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The terrorist clashed with the police before he detonated a suicide vest bomb. There was debris scattered across the street after the blast, gunfire could be heard just before the explosion according to witnesses. Credit to Aurora Intel for the Twitter post and video.
Reports of a suicide bomber detonating a vest in Iskenderun, #Turkey. After an exchange of gunfire with police pic.twitter.com/6h92jFzFuw — Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) October 26, 2020
Reports of a suicide bomber detonating a vest in Iskenderun, #Turkey. After an exchange of gunfire with police pic.twitter.com/6h92jFzFuw
— Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) October 26, 2020
Here is another video taken from further down the street courtesy of FA News.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1320802354896244744
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