Bomb blast wounds 30 people in Istanbul-police

ISTANBUL, Apr 16 (Reuters) A bomb blast on the outskirts of Istanbul wounded 30 people today state-run news agency Anatolian said.

No further information was immediately available. A police official earlier told Reuters the blast wounded 17.

Turkey has been struck by a series of bombings in recent weeks amid the worst street riots in more than a decade in the mainly Kurdish southeast, which left 16 dead.

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