Turkey arrests 12 in bid to identify female bomber
ANKARA: Turkish police on Thursday arrested 12 suspects as they stepped up efforts to identify a female bomber who blew herself up in the city of Bursa, wounding 13 people, state media said.
The arrests took place in Bursa, Istanbul, the southeastern city of Sanliurfa and Afyon in central Turkey, Anatolia news agency said.
Wednesday’s bombing, the latest attack to strike Turkey, took place near Bursa’s 14th century Grand Mosque, a historic symbol of the city that was the first capital of the Ottoman empire.
Of the 13 who were hurt, eight were still in hospital on Thursday. None of them suffered critical injuries, local officials said.
Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, which was carried out by a woman, according to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. — AFP