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Mortars used in attack on Istanbul airport: prosecutor

Xinhua, January 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Mortars were used in the attack on Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport on Dec. 23 that killed one and wounded another, Turkey's semi-official Anadolu Agency reported on Thursday.

"Four mortar rounds were fired from a forested area around two kilometers from the airport," the agency said, quoting a statement by Istanbul's Anatolia Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

An aircraft cleaner was killed and another injured in the attack.

Investigation is still going on whether the attackers had links to a terror organization, Anadolu said.

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, known as a sympathizer of Turkey's outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), has claimed responsibility for the attack and said it used a mortar.

Turkish security forces have been fighting against PKK militants in the country's southeast since July last year. Endit