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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Jonathan Spicer, Ali Kucukgocmen and Ece Toksabay

Turkey blames deadly bomb on Kurdish militants; PKK denies involvement

People attend the funeral of Mukaddes Elif Topkara and Adem Topkara, two of the six victims of Sunday's blast that took place on Istiklal Avenue, in Istanbul, Turkey, November 14, 2022. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan

Turkey blamed Kurdish militants on Monday for an explosion that killed six people in Istanbul and police detained 47 people including a Syrian woman suspected of planting the bomb.

No group has claimed responsibility so far for Sunday's blast on the busy pedestrian Istiklal Avenue, and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) denied involvement in it.

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