4 soldiers arrested in connection with Kayseri car bomb attack
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This picture obtained from the Ihlas News Agency shows a police officer and people walking next to the wreck of public bus following an explosion on December 17, 2016 in Kayseri, central Turkey. Several people were wounded on December 17 in a car bombing close to the public bus in the central Turkish city of Kayseri, television reports said. The Dogan news agency said that the blast took place opposite the Erciyes University in the city. NTV television said there could be fatalities as a result of the blast. The state-run Anadolu news agency said that the bus was owned by the municipal transport authorities in Kayersi but was transporting Turkish soldiers who had taken permission to go to a local market for the day.
IHLAS NEWS AGENCY / AFP
As part of an investigation into a car bomb attack in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri that killed 14 soldiers, four soldiers were arrested on Thursday on charges of providing intelligence to a terrorist organization.
The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), an offshoot of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), had claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack on Dec. 17.
The attack targeted a bus carrying off-duty soldiers and civilians in Kayseri. More than 50 people were also injured in the explosion.
The blast occurred just as the bus drove past a car carrying explosives at an entrance to Erciyes University.
TAK also claimed responsibility for twin bombings in İstanbul on Dec. 10 that killed 45 people and injured 166.
