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Norwegian man injured in Istanbul blast - Norway Foreign Ministry


    OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian man was injured in an explosion in Istanbul on Tuesday and is currently receiving treatment in a Turkish hospital, Norway's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

    "It's not a life-threatening injury," spokeswoMAN (MAN.XE)Guri Solberg of the Norwegian ministry told Reuters.

    The explosion in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet tourist district killed at least 10 people and wounded 15.

    (Reporting by Joachim Dagenborg, writing by Terje Solsvik; Editing by Hugh Lawson)