Kurdish PKK splinter group TAK claims responsibility for Ankara bombing. (RT).
The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), a Kurdish militant group, has
claimed responsibility for the Ankara bombing that killed 28 people
this week, according to its website. It said the attack was in
retaliation for Ankara’s military operation in Turkey's southeast.
The TAK, which is a splinter group of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), vowed to continue its attacks.
The militant group claimed in the statement published on Friday that the Ankara blast was carried out to avenge the “defenseless and wounded civilians brutally massacred in basements in Cizre.”
“Everyone should know that those who ordered the massacre of civilians were responsible for the Ankara incident.”
It identified the perpetrator of the Ankara bombing as a 26-year-old Turkish national born in the eastern city of Van.
The militant group operates in Turkey and northern Iraq and is regarded as a terrorist organization by Ankara and the US. It has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks since 2004. The latest one was the December mortar attack at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport that killed one man and damaged five aircraft.
The TAK has said that it severed links with the PKK. The latter, in turn, has reportedly denied having any control over the TAK.
The group is seeking the creation of an independent Kurdish state that encompasses parts of southeast Turkey.
The militant group claimed in the statement published on Friday that the Ankara blast was carried out to avenge the “defenseless and wounded civilians brutally massacred in basements in Cizre.”
“Everyone should know that those who ordered the massacre of civilians were responsible for the Ankara incident.”
It identified the perpetrator of the Ankara bombing as a 26-year-old Turkish national born in the eastern city of Van.
The militant group operates in Turkey and northern Iraq and is regarded as a terrorist organization by Ankara and the US. It has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks since 2004. The latest one was the December mortar attack at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport that killed one man and damaged five aircraft.
The TAK has said that it severed links with the PKK. The latter, in turn, has reportedly denied having any control over the TAK.
The group is seeking the creation of an independent Kurdish state that encompasses parts of southeast Turkey.
TAK claims Ankara attack, TAK-militant Zınar RAPERİN (ABDULBAKİ SÖNMEZ) from Van allegedly did Ankara attack (1) pic.twitter.com/Ro5MCT2sJK
— Wladimir (@vvanwilgenburg) February 19, 2016
#UPDATE Militant Kurdish group TAK claims #Ankara attack, warns tourists not to visit Turkey https://t.co/7h4ilaSwLA pic.twitter.com/5484UtWe4D— AFP news agency (@AFP) February 19, 2016
#Flash: TAK (fringe group of PKK, which PKK said it has no relations in 2010) claims responsibility of Ankara attack https://t.co/jNhTY68033— ilhan tanir (@WashingtonPoint) February 19, 2016
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