“The person who planted the bomb has been arrested,” declared Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu. “The terrorist organization PKK is responsible for the attack,” he accused.
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The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), however, denied any role in the attack. “We have no relationship with this event, we do not attack civilians and we reject actions that do so,” according to the ANF news agency, close to the PKK, based on a statement released this Monday.
Syrian Kurdish fighters also denied participation in the attack. “We guarantee that our forces have no connection with the explosion in Istanbul and we reject the accusations against them,” Mazlum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said in a tweet.
The attack, which occurred mid-afternoon on Sunday, caused six deaths and 81 injuries, of which 24 were still hospitalized this Monday.
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(With AFP)
