Turkish Justice Minister says 18 detained in Izmir car bomb attack blamed on PKK

  06 January 2017    Read: 989
Turkish Justice Minister says 18 detained in Izmir car bomb attack blamed on PKK
18 people were detained on suspicion in links with a deadly car bomb explosion near a courthouse in the city of Izmir in Turkey, according to local media.
Turkey`s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag announced the detention of 18 people in connection with a deadly car bomb explosion near a courthouse in the city of Izmir, Turkish media reported Friday. A police officer and a court employee have been killed and at least three people were injured in the attack on Thursday. Authorities have "no doubt" that the Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK) was behind the attack, the Hurriyet Daily News outlet cited Bozdag as saying.

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