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TURKEY: 32 INJURED IN BOMB ATTACK, THE ORDER OF ERDOGAN

October 31, 2010 24:17

(AGI) - Istanbul, October 31 - Back terrorism in the heart of Istanbul. A suicide bomber and 'blew up in the morning on Taksim Square, the most' famous and visited the Turkish metropolis, injuring 32 people, including 17 policemen who were the target of the attack. The officers were checking a student demonstration on the square and circulated hundreds of tourists. An unexploded bomb 'was found and defused by bomb in the square.
There were no claims, but in the past Istanbul and 'come under the scrutiny of Kurdish separatists and Al Qaeda. The Kurds of the PKK once have employed suicide bombers, in Ankara in 2003 and in 2006 al Qaeda had killed 62 in Istanbul with a kamikaze attack. The attack and 'arrived on the day which ended the unilateral ceasefire declared by the PKK to encourage the turkish government to initiate a dialogue on the Kurdish question, but the group has announced an extension and ruled out attacks against civilians. Security sources prefer the track Kurdish in Turkey, claiming that Al Qaeda has focused on car bombs.
The suicide bomber, a man in his thirties, and it 'blew up at 10:30 (9:30 am in Italy) not far from the monument to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern, secular Turkey, after being approached a police bus with the excuse to ask for a claim. Two of the wounded were in serious condition, but their life is not 'in danger.
Taksim Square and 'assaulted every day by thousands of tourists for its restaurants, shops and hotels and it 's also a major hub for public transport.
are currently no Italians among the wounded.
turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who was visiting at the time of the attack Mardin in the predominantly Kurdish southeast, has condemned the act "terrorism" and warned that "those who threaten peace, security and development in Turkey will not be 'tolerated. " "These attacks," he added, "will not stop Turkey from achieving its objectives of peace, brotherhood and development."
On June 22 a bomb exploded on the outskirts of Istanbul to the passage of a bus of soldiers were killed five soldiers and the teenage daughter of one of them. The attack was claimed by the Hawks for the freedom 'of Kurdistan (TAK), a shadowy group loyal to former guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan, jailed for life in 1999.

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