A Kurdish militant group has claimed responsibility for an attack at Istanbul's second airport that killed a cleaner and threatened more assaults.
In a statement posted on its website, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) — an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), established in 1993 — said it attacked Sabiha Gökçen Airport with mortar guns, ABC News reported on Sunday.
It said the Dec. 23 attack was in retaliation for the government's stepped-up military operations against the PKK.
Turkish authorities have not disclosed the cause of the pre-dawn explosion at the airport, which also injured another cleaner and damaged three planes, saying it is still under investigation.
Turkish security forces last week launched a large-scale operation to rout militants linked to the PKK in mostly Kurdish districts. More than 180 rebels were killed
Source: MENA
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