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Bombs Hit HSBC Banks in Turkey Before Blair Visit
Sun May 16, 2004 08:56 PM ET

By Daren Butler
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Four small bombs exploded outside branches of British bank HSBC in the Turkish cities of Ankara and Istanbul on Sunday night, hours before British Prime Minister Tony Blair was set to visit Turkey.

Police and local media said the blasts caused minor damage and no casualties.

The bank has been targeted before. Its main Istanbul office was one of four British and Jewish targets bombed in Istanbul in November, attacks which killed 61 people.
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