Blast hits Istanbul metro, bomb suspected

A station on the Istanbul metro was Tuesday rocked by a blast suspected to have been caused by a home-made bomb, causing panic in the evening rush hour and wounding up to half a dozen people. The huge blast hit an overpass close to the metro station in the Bayrampasa district of Istanbul. The metro system in Turkey's largest city was brought entirely to a halt after the blast, the municipality said, although reports said that normal service was now being restored.