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Erdogan hints PKK behind Istanbul attack

Published: 07 Jun 2016 - 01:09 pm | Last Updated: 07 Nov 2021 - 03:11 am
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Forensic experts and officials inspect the site of a a bomb attack that targeted a bus shuttle service carrying anti-riot police in the Vezneciler district of Istanbul on June 7, 2016. AFP / OZAN KOSE

 

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday hinted in televised remarks that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was behind a bomb attack in central Istanbul that left 11 people dead.

For the PKK to target major cities such as Istanbul "is nothing new", Erdogan said after visiting the injured at an Istanbul hospital.

AFP