Terrorist attack in Istanbul

32 people were injured in an attack by an apparent suicide bomber Sunday morning in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, the Hurriyet reports.

The attack took place around 10:30 a.m. in an area cordoned off for police officers and police vehicles on the north side of the busy square.

The attack was carried out by a male suicide bomber who was killed in the blast, Istanbul Police Chief Hüseyin Çapkın said in a statement broadcast by NTV television.