Blasts outside HSBC branches in Turkey

Two devices exploded at around 10:30 pm (1930 GMT) outside HSBC branches in Istanbul, the biggest city in the country, causing minor damage, the NTV and CNN-Turk television channel reported.

A third homemade bomb exploded noisily, but without great force, towards midnight outside another HSBC branch in central Ankara, the Anatolia news agency reported.

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That blast blew out windows in the building and caused minor damage to cars parked near the bank, according to an AFP photographer at the scene. There were no reports of any injuries from the explosions.

Police beefed-up security at other HSBC branches in Ankara.