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Turkish police defuse bomb outside restaurant-agency
04 Apr 2008 09:40:04 GMT
 Source: Reuters
ISTANBUL, April 4 (Reuters) - Turkish police have defused a pipe bomb left in front of a fast-food restaurant on the Asian side of Istanbul, state-run Anatolian news agency said on Friday.

It said police had sent a bomb disposal team to the scene in the central Kadikoy district after a suspicious package was reported and discovered the pipe bomb, designed to be detonated by mobile phone. CNN Turk broadcaster said the bomb was placed in front of a McDonald's branch. (Reporting by Daren Butler)


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