MARMARIS (Turkey), Aug 28: A bomb blast killed three people and wounded dozens in the coastal city of Antalya on Monday in a second day of attacks on Turkish tourist resorts apparently designed to scare off foreigners and hit the economy.
Blasts on Sunday in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul and the coastal resort of Marmaris injured 27 people and a Kurdish rebel group believed linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Monday it carried out those attacks.
“Nothing in Turkey will be as it was before,” the shadowy Kurdistan Liberation Hawks (TAK) said on its Web site, claiming responsibility for Sunday’s blasts.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Monday’s explosion in Antalya, the Mediterranean tourist hub, which killed three Turks.
Locals and witnesses said they heard a loud bang which broke windows, shattered glass, sent shrapnel flying into human flesh and sparked a fire at a shopping area in the heart of the city, one of Turkey’s most popular destinations. “I saw two wounded tourists and the burned body of a dead man, a pastry vendor,” said holidaying journalist Riza Ozel.—Reuters
