Ammonium nitrate-based explosives were used in four deadly suicide truck bombings in Istanbul, police said, as the bodies of two British diplomats were flown home after a somber ceremony.Used as fertilizer, ammonium nitrate can become a powerful explosive when combined with fuel oil. "The suicide bombers have carried out the attacks with ammonium nitrate-based explosives placed in the beds of pickup trucks," Istanbul's deputy police chief Halil Yilmaz told a news conference. Western and Turkish officials say the series of suicide attacks in Istanbul - targeting two synagogues Nov. 15, and two British targets five days later - bore the hallmarks of Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda. A Turkish court on Thursday placed two suspects under arrest and charged them with membership in an illegal organization, which carries a maximum of five years in prison, the Anatolia news agency said. So far, a total of 20 people have been charged in the investigation.

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