-7-politics/Police: Eight detained following Istanbul bomb blasts

  • 12/15/2022
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ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug 11, SPA -- Turkish police have detained for questioning eight people with alleged links to Kurdishrebels following bomb attacks against two small hotels inIstanbul and a liquefied petroleum gas plant, policeofficials said Wednesday. A previously unknown Kurdish group claimed responsibilityfor the pre-dawn bomb attacks Tuesday that killed twopeople and wounded 11 others. An al-Qaida-linked group alsoclaimed responsibility in a statement posted on a Web site,but Turkish authorities cast doubt on that claim, sayingKurdish separatists were suspected.--SPA1135 Local Time 0835 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/190865

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