Blasts Rock Istanbul Synagogues

ISTANBUL, Nov. 15 — Two truck bombs exploded Saturday
morning outside a pair of synagogues crowded with families celebrating
bar mitzvahs,
killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 300.

The car bombs exploded nearly simultaneously, destroying parts of the
temples and killing many of the worshipers inside. Both of the synagogues,
Beth Israel and Neve Shalom, the city’s largest, were jammed the family
and friends at the time of the explosions.

It was the scene of a massacre," said Zafer Tatu, 39, still in
shock as he stood next to his shattered lamp shop, just down the street
from the Neve Shalom temple.

"
I saw people awash in blood, all kinds of body parts spread around," Mr.
Tatu said.

from the New York Times