Kurdish Group Takes Blame for Hotel Blasts
From Times Wire Reports
A previously unknown Kurdish group claimed responsibility for bomb attacks against two hotels in Istanbul tourist districts that killed two people and wounded 11.
A group linked to the Al Qaeda terror network also took responsibility in a statement posted on the Internet, but Turkish authorities cast doubt on that claim, saying they suspected Kurdish separatists.
An Iranian and a Turk were killed in the attacks on the Pars and Star Holiday hotels.
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