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View all search resultsTurkey accuses Kurdish group of deadly attack
Bombing on busy Istanbul street kills six people, more than 22 people arrested.
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T
urkey's interior minister accused the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday of responsibility for a bombing in a busy Istanbul street that killed six people and wounded scores, saying more than 20 people have been arrested.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed in Bali for a Group of 20 Summit of the world's leading economies shortly after his government accused the PKK of being behind Sunday's blast, which wounded 81.
He had called the bombing a "vile attack" before leaving for the summit and said it had a "smell of terror."
The explosion tore through Istiklal Street, a popular shopping destination for locals and tourists, on Sunday afternoon. No individual or group has claimed the attack.
"The person who planted the bomb has been arrested," interior minister Suleyman Soylu said in a statement broadcast by the official Anadolu news agency in the early hours of Monday.
He added that 21 others were also detained.
"According to our findings, the PKK terrorist organization is responsible," he said.
