1.
GV Clock on University tower PAN DOWN TO students outside gates
0.10

2.
SV Students entering University (2 shots)
0.24

3.
SV Students through University grounds
0.34

4.
GV Students gathered around bloodstained pavement
0.43

5.
SV Students through University grounds
0.48


STUDENTS OUTSIDE CAMPUS GATES FOLLOWING CLASH: STUDENTS RE-ENTER THE CAMPUS AND GATHER AROUND BLOODSTAINED PAVEMENT: STUDENTS MOVING THROUGH CAMPUS GROUNDS.




Initials OS/2254 OS/2305



Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

Background: In Turkey, two people were hospitalised on Wednesday following a bloody clash between rival student groups at Istanbul University.

The clash, brought about by the publication of a controversial magazine, forced classes to be cancelled. Later in the day, a bomb rocked the Faculty of Literature building, but the blast injured no one.

Police called in to investigate the incidents temporarily sealed off the campus, allowing no one to enter or leave the university grounds.

SYNOPSIS: Turkish students await police permission to re-enter Istanbul University following Wednesday's bloody clash between opposing student groups over the publication of controversial magazine. Two students injured in the fighting had to be hospitalised. Before police arrived on the scene, an explosion rocked the Faculty of Literature building, but no one was hurt. The day of violence forced a cancellation of classes. Students were not allowed to enter or leave the university until police finished their investigation.

Once allowed to re-enter the area, some students walked to the scene of the earlier clash. Blood was still visible of the pavement. One of the injured student was wounded when he was hit on the head with a stick to which a nail had been fixed.