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Istanbul bomb blast kills 1, wounds 16 others |
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Written by Reuters
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Thursday, 09 February 2006 18:06 |
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A bomb blast at an Internet cafe in Istanbul killed a man and injured 16 other people, including seven police officers, on Thursday, and a hardline Kurdish group claimed responsibility.
The Kurdistan Liberation Hawks, which has claimed to be behind a series of bombings in Turkey in recent years, carried out the attack in the Bayrampasa district, according to a person who called the Kurdish Firat news agency claiming to speak on behalf of the group.
The group is believed to have links to outlawed Kurdish rebels fighting security forces in southeast Turkey. It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the report.
An official at Istanbul's Capa hospital told Reuters Zafer Isik, a 21-year-old civilian, had died from his wounds.
An official at Bayrampasa's police station told Reuters earlier 17 people had been wounded in total, including a child.
The blast occurred some 100 metres (yards) from a local headquarters for riot police. The Internet cafe was regularly used by police.
Local people said the blast was very powerful.
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