8 terror suspects detained over Istanbul bomb attack
Xinhua, May 13, 2016 Adjust font size:
Eight suspects have been detained by Turkish police over Thursday's car bombing attack in Istanbul that wounded eight people, Turkish media reported on Friday.
The detainees, all militants with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), were netted in police operations in 70 addresses across Istanbul, state-run Anadolu agency said.
It said the detainees included the suspect who detonated a bomb-laden vehicle by a remote control on Thursday as a military shuttle bus passed near a military post in Istanbul's Asian neighborhood of Samandra.
Five soldiers were among the injured in the bombing attack.
Turkey's security forces have been fighting against PKK militants, who are seeking autonomy in the country's southeast, since July last year.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Endit