Kurdish militant group TAK claims responsibility for attack in Turkey’s Adana
A firefighter tries to extinguish burning vehicles after an explosion outside the governor’s office in the southern city of Adana, Turkey.
(Reuters) An offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack last week that killed two people and wounded 30 more in the Turkish city of Adana, according to a statement on its website.
The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) said it was behind Thursday’s bombing outside the provincial governor’s office in Adana, about 10 miles (16 km) from Incirlik Air Base used by the U.S. military to launch attacks against Islamic State in Syria.
TAK has previously claimed responsibility for other deadly bomb attacks in Turkey.
Last week, an explosion killed two people and wounded more than a dozen outside the governor’s office in the southern Turkish city of Adana, weeks after the United States warned extremist groups were planning attacks.