The Daily Star: Kurdish militant group TAK claims responsibility for Ankara bombing

A Kurdish militant group on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack in the Turkish capital Ankara which killed 28 people, according to The Daily Star.

In a statement posted on its website, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons said it carried out the attack to avenge Turkish military operations against Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey, The Daily Star reported.

The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, also known as TAK, however, named the bomber as Abdulbaki Sonmez.

"This act was conducted to avenge the massacre of defenseless, injured civilians," the group said, in reference to a large-scale Turkish security operation against militants in the town of Cizre. Rights groups have raised serious concerns over the operation in the town, which has been placed under a curfew that prevents journalists and observers from entering..........

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