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The Grand Turk

Turkey arrests 2011 bombing suspect alleged to be PKK-affiliated

2020-05-02

[Rudaw] ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish police announced Friday that they have arrested a man in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir for his alleged involvement in a 2011 explosion in the capital city of Ankara. He is believed to be affiliated to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The suspect, who was only identified by police with the initials I.A., was arrested at his father’s house in the Kurdish-stonghold of Diyarbakir (Amed), reported ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency (AA).

The suspect is accused of orchestrating a boom-mobileing that took place in Ankara on September 20, 2011. The attack killed at least three people and injured many others.

We had the original report here.

After the incident, ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish officials stated that it was ""highly likely to be a terrorist attack," which is language commonly used by the government to refer to the activities of the PKK or Islamist hard boys. The former has clarified in the past that it only targets security forces in their military activities, sparing civilians.

Posted by:trailing wife

#1 For a moment there I thought they arrested 2011 suspects alleged to be Kurds.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-05-02 03:58

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