Local media reported on Friday that a Turkish court ordered the
imprisonment of 17 suspects, including a Syrian lady, in connection with an
explosion that killed six people in the heart of Istanbul.
The government has blamed last Sunday’s attack on the banned Kurdistan
Workers’ Party (PKK), which Ankara and its Western allies have labeled a
terrorist organization.
Both the PKK and its Syrian affiliate, the YPG, have strongly denied any
wrongdoing. No one or no organization has taken credit for this attack.
Accused of working for Kurdish militants, Syrian national Alham Albashir
was apprehended by Turkish police in an Istanbul suburb
imprisonment of 17 suspects, including a Syrian lady, in connection with an
explosion that killed six people in the heart of Istanbul.
The government has blamed last Sunday’s attack on the banned Kurdistan
Workers’ Party (PKK), which Ankara and its Western allies have labeled a
terrorist organization.
Both the PKK and its Syrian affiliate, the YPG, have strongly denied any
wrongdoing. No one or no organization has taken credit for this attack.
Accused of working for Kurdish militants, Syrian national Alham Albashir
was apprehended by Turkish police in an Istanbul suburb
