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Turkish police detain suspected Kurdish
bombers, seize explosives
9.5.2006
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ISTANBUL, May 9,
2006 (AFP) - Turkish police arrested five suspected
Kurdish militants and seized 7.5 kilograms (16.5
pounds) of plastic explosives believed to be
destined for bomb attacks, Anatolia news agency
reported Tuesday.
Two of the suspects had apparently received training
in bomb-making in camps belonging to the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the agency said.
Three bomb attacks shook Istanbul in late March and
early April, killing one person and inuring more
than 40, while unprecedented Kurdish riots in towns
in the southeast of the country claimed 12 lives.
All were claimed by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK),
which Turkish officials say is a group the PKK uses
as cover for attacks on urban civilian targets. The
PKK says TAK is a breakaway group over which it has
no control.
Clashes between the PKK and the army have increased
markedly since the riots and the army has amassed
troops in the mainly Kurdish-populated southeast to
crackdown on rebels thought to be infiltrating
Turkey from bases in northern Iraq.
More than 37,000 people have been killed since 1984
when the PKK, branded a terrorist group by Turkey,
the European Union and the United States, began
fighting for self-rule in the southeast.
AFP
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