ISTANBUL - A militant Kurdish group linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Friday claimed the suicide bombing in Ankara earlier this week on the Turkish military that killed 28 people.
Two Turkish soldiers stand guard near the site of an explosion after an attack targeted a convoy of military service vehicles in Ankara on February 17, 2016
"On February 17 in the evening a suicide attack was carried out by a sacrifice warrior on a military convoy of the fascist Turkish Republic in Ankara... The attack was realised by the Immortal Battalion of the TAK," the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) said in a statement on their website.
The group also warned foreign tourists not visit Turkey, threatening to "destroy" the key tourism sector in the country.
"Tourism... is a major target we aim to destroy. We warn the foreign and native tourists not go to the touristic areas in Turkey. We are not responsible for who will die in the attacks targeting those areas," the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) said in an English-language statement.