Suicide bomber kills police officer in Istanbul

September 12, 2012 00:30

A suicide bomber said to be from an outlawed leftwing extremist group blew himself up at a police station in Istanbul today, killing a Turkish police officer and wounding seven other people.

The attack, a rare suicide bombing in the country, occurred in an Alawite-majority area of Turkey's largest city, where deadly unrest had erupted almost two decades ago. The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), which the United States and the EU lists as a terrorist group, claimed responsibility, the pro-government Sabah newspaper reported on its website.

"I strongly condemn this disgustful terrorist attack at our police station carried out by terrorist groups chasing outdated ideologies," President Abdullah Gul was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news agency. Although suicide bombings are rare, the country has nevertheless witnessed numerous attacks by Kurdish rebels as well as Islamists and leftwing extremists.

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