W/S Fireworks and police van

W/S Fireworks exploding

M/S Men on the street

W/S Man crouched in door way amidst debris and fire

W/S Burning debris

W/S Men hiding behind the wall

W/S Water cannon

W/S Police

W/S Water cannon

W/S Fires in street

W/S Police vans

W/S Fire on the street

W/S Smoke on the street

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Turkey: Istanbul's streets fiery as rage over Elvan's death continues

Clashes broke in Istanbul Friday after residents called the police to report the presence of a group that had blockaded several roads, started fires and thrown fireworks. The clashes lasted several hours, leaving the neighbourhood's streets filled with small fires and debris.

Riot police employed teargas and water cannons to disperse the group, whose members chanted slogans in memory of Berkin Elvan, a 15-year-old Gezi protester who died an intensive care unit after 269 days. Elvan's fatal injury was sustained when a tear gas canister fired by the police hit him in the head.

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