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PKK-linked TAK claims responsibility for Ankara attack

17 March 2016 09:15 (UTC +04:00)

The terrorist group said on its website that the suicide attack was a 'vengeful action' for counter-terror operations in Turkey's southeast, according to Daily Sabah.

TAK had previously claimed responsibility for another car bombing in the capital in February which killed 29 people, while security officials dismissed claims and said it was carried out by PKK's Syrian offshoot YPG-PYD.

The identity of the second suicide bomber, who committed the March 13 attack in Ankara, has become known, Hurriyet newspaper reports. The report, which cited the country’s law enforcement authorities, said 26-year-old Ozgur Unsal, a Turkish citizen, was one of the March 13 suicide bombers. Six years ago Unsal moved to Ankara from Turkey’s Zonguldak province, according to the newspaper.

On March 14, the Turkish newspaper Sozcu revealed the name of a female suicide bomber, who may be involved in the Ankara blast. The newspaper said the female suicide bomber probably was Seher Cagla Demir, a member of the PKK terrorist organization.