At least 29 people, including 27 police officers, were killed in two separate bomb attacks near a football stadium in the Besiktas district of Istanbul, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said early Sunday. 
Two police chiefs were among the deceased, while at least 166 people were injured, Soylu told reporters in Istanbul. 
Ten suspects have been detained as part of ongoing probe, he added. 
Minister Recep Akdag said 20 of the injured have been discharged from hospital while 17 are in surgery, and six are in intensive care units, three of them in critical condition, according to Anadolu Agency (AA). 
Two blasts rocked the city, a car bomb followed within the minute by a suicide bomb, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus explained. 
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the attack targeted police and civilians alike, and sought to cause the most casualties. 
"When Turkey takes a positive step towards the future, the response comes immediately in the form of blood, loss of life, brutality, and chaos by terrorist organizations," Erdogan said.

Source: QNA