Two blasts rock Istanbul; deaths reported

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ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Two explosions rocked suburban Istanbul Sunday night, injuring several people, according to journalists and video footage from the scene.

Video footage from the scene showed several bloodied people being transported into ambulances.

The back-to-back blasts happened in Istanbul's Gungoren community at about 10 p.m., a journalist with Turkish news agency DHA told CNN Turk. The journalist, Zafer Karakoc, said he witnessed the explosions.

Police did not immediately report official injury and death tolls, but Turkey's state-run Anadolu Ajansi news agency reported eight fatalities.

Up to 30 people were taken to hospitals, journalist Andrew Finkel told CNN.

Video footage from the scene shows several bloodied people being transported into ambulances.

Dozens of firefighters and paramedics were on the scene.