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PKK denies any role in the deadly weekend bomb attack in Istanbul
Relatives and friends of Arzu Ozsoy and her 15-year-old daughter Yagmur Ucar, who died in Sunday's explosion that occurred on Istiklal avenue, attend their funeral in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, November 14, 2022

THE Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) spoke out on Monday to deny any involvement in last weekend’s deadly bomb attack in the Turkish city of Istanbul.

“Our people and the democratic public know closely that we are not related to this incident, that we will not directly target civilians and that we do not accept actions targeting civilians,” the PKK said in a statement published by the Firat news agency.

The denial came soon after the Turkish government blamed the outlawed Kurdish resistance group for the attack, which killed six people and wounded 81.

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