Explosion on Istanbul’s main shopping street. Several reportedly wounded. Cause unknown. There was a terrorist attack on this street in 2016 by an ISIS member. 🧵some of what to watch for
UK gov't updated its travel advisory to Turkey about an hour after the explosion. Tourism is a big part of the economy and can have an impact on politics. The street where the explosion happened is one of the biggest tourism spots in Istanbul.
The last ISIS attack in Istanbul was 6 years ago at a nightclub.
This explosion comes 8 months or less before elections are due. If it hurst tourism, it will hurt Turkey's economy which is already in a crisis and put more pressure on those in power.
Human Rights Watch says it's documented Russian forces committing rape and summary execution in #Ukraine. Says the people who did this committed war crimes.
HRW: Russian 'soldiers forced five men to kneel down, pulled shirts over their heads, and shot one of them in the back of the head', in Bucha, #Ukraine, according to a witness
A woman says her son and at least 5 other men were rounded up and executed, according to one of their mom's who says she witnessed the killings, in Chernihiv region, #Ukraine