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Turkish Police Arrest Suspected Istanbul Bomber

by VOA News

   Police in Turkey have arrested a member of the Kurdish Workers' Party
   (PKK) they suspect carried out a bomb attack near an Istanbul police
   station Thursday.

   Turkey's state-run Anadolu News Agency reported that police detained
   six people they suspect were involved in the attack that wounded 10
   people. The suspected perpetrator was captured about 700 kilometers
   from Istanbul, in the central Turkey town of Aksaray, while travelling
   in a car with two other men and carrying a fake identification card.

   There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack and
   authorities said none of those wounded were in serious condition.

   Damage from the blast was limited to a few cars parked nearby and
   several windows shattered by the blast, the Dogan news agency reported.

   Turkey has been hit by a wave of attacks in the past year, carried out
   both by Islamic State and the PKK.