Turkey warned of ‘hell’

Published August 30, 2006

ANTALYA (Turkey), Aug 29: A shadowy Kurdish rebel group threatened on Tuesday to turn Turkey ‘into hell’ after a two-day bombing spree which killed three people and wounded dozens of others at popular tourist resorts.

The Kurdish Liberation Hawks (TAK) said it bombed a busy shopping area in the coastal resort Antalya on Monday, killing three people and wounding dozens, including European and Middle Eastern tourists.

The blast followed four bombs on the Mediterranean resort of Marmaris and in Istanbul that wounded 27 people.—Reuters

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