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Explosion In Istanbul
Anadolu Agency: 5/20/2004
ISTANBUL - An explosion occurred in a vehicle in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant in Kadikoy district of Istanbul, sources said on Thursday.

Sources told A.A correspondent that an explosion occurred in the parking lot of McDonald's on Acibadem Street in Kadikoy district around 6.15 p.m., causing serious damages in two vehicles and shattering windows of the fast food restaurant.

There are no immediate reports of casualties in the blast while police rushed into the scene of the explosion.

The fast food restaurant was evacuated and the street was closed to traffic.

Kadikoy Subgovernor Yuksel Peker said that police thought the explosion was caused by a bomb placed under the vehicle or in its trunk.

Noting that police were continuously receiving tip-offs that bombs were placed in the fast food restaurant, Peker said that therefore, police were searching whether or not there were any bombs in the restaurant.

(BRC) 20.05.2004