Kurdish Group Assumes Responsibility For Izmir And Mersin Attacks

According to Fırat News Agency, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) assumed the responsibility for the suicide bombing in Mersin and the bomb attack in Izmir two days later, with 1 dead and 29 injured.

In the suicide bombing that took place at Gözne exit of Adana-Mesin Highway on August 19, 13 police officers were injured and the driver of the vehicle who carried the bomb was killed.

According to Fırat News Agency, which based its report on the information gathered from the internet site of teyrenkurdistan.com, the perpetrator who blew up the bombs on him was Müslüm Güneyşoğlu, who was born in Siverek in 1980 and had the code name Kemal.

Three soldiers and six civilians were injured

In the Izmir bomb attack on August 21, which was done by blowing up a car while two service buses belonging to the security forces were passing,  seven police officers, three soldiers and three civilians were injured.

Two days after the attack, police into custody eight people in operations done simultaneously in Diyarbakır and Izmir. Among them was the perpetrator Z.B. who escaped in a rented car.

B.S. and Z.B., those claimed to have carried out the attack, were taken to the crime scene on Yeşillik Street in Yağhaneler district in Izmir today (August 26) for the enactment of the crime. (NV/NZTB)