Bombs Target Turkish Police, Kill 38 in Istanbul; Day of Mourning Declared
Turkish police officers carry a coffin of a fellow officer during a ceremony for police officers killed in Saturday's blasts in Istanbul, Dec. 11, 2016.
A Kurdish militant group has claimed responsibility for the bombings that killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 150 others in the Turkish city of Istanbul..
The claim was made Sunday by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, or TAK, a group seen as an offshoot of the outlawed PKK
The blasts rocked a huge football stadium late Saturday. Witnesses and authorities said the attacks - a car bombing and a suicide blast - targeted security officers two hours after a football (soccer) match ended.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said 30 police officers were among those killed.
Authorities say the blasts targeted a bus carrying riot police from the Besiktas Vodafone Arena on the shore of the Bosporus.
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said initially that that the outlawed PKK was likely at fault and that said 13 people have been arrested so far in connection with the bombings.
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I'd tend to think the Kurd group PKK is more likely to have done this.
Anyway, one can read up, as of last night, 27 police officers were killed and 2 civilians. Apparently the death toll has risen.
