Kurdish militants claim responsibility for Istanbul police station blast

The militant group named three of its militants who died in the attack and during a subsequent firefight with Turkish security forces.

By: Reuters
Ankara | Updated: August 11, 2015 05:53 PM IST

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The militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for the bombing of an Istanbul police station on Monday in which four people died.

In a statement released on one of its websites on Tuesday, the PKK named three of its militants who died in the attack and during a subsequent firefight with Turkish security forces.