Turkey rejects US condolences over causalities in bomb attack

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Ankara (TASS) November 14- The terrorist attack in Istiklal, Istanbul’s main street, was carried out by Syrian citizens dispatched from the Syrian city of Kobani. She is linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been banned in Turkey, said the Istanbul security agency investigating the violence. Detained Syrian citizen Ahram al-Bashir confessed to being a member of the PKK, the press release said. The woman said the order to carry out the attack had come from the PKK. Press The terrorist was arrested after police examined video files from her 1,200 surveillance cameras, according to her release. The woman was arrested Monday night in Istanbul’s Esenler district. According to a press release, police raids were conducted at 21 addresses and 46 other suspects of her were arrested. Six people were killed and more than 80 injured as a result of an explosion on Istanbul’s Istiklal Street on 13 November. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its Syrian offshoot (People’s Defense Units), which are banned in Turkey, were behind the attack, investigators said.