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Turkey arrests 13 suspects in Istanbul bombings
Turkish authorities have arrested 13 suspects in the bombings that killed at least 17 people in Istanbul last week, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said.
- Agencies
- Published: 08:26 August 3, 2008
Istanbul: Turkish authorities have arrested 13 suspects in the bombings that killed at least 17 people in Istanbul last week, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said.
No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts in Istanbul's Gungoren community that also wounded 154 people.
Authorities said te first bomb was detonated to draw attention before the second blast went off.
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