Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ADANA133
2006-06-06 06:59:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Adana
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UNCLAS ADANA 000133
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY: SATURDAY BOMBING IN MERSIN
UNCLAS ADANA 000133
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY: SATURDAY BOMBING IN MERSIN
1. (U) One police officer and twelve civilians were wounded by a
bomb which exploded at 11:40 am on Saturday, June 3, 2006, in
downtown Mersin. The bomb reportedly was planted in a black
plastic bag. Some press accounts attribute the detonation to a
remote control device. No American citizens were injured. The
bomb was placed in front of a tobacco kiosk on Ataturk Street
which is in a busy shopping district. Mersin has increased
numbers of foreign tourists, especially western Europeans,
during the summer season.
2. (U) This is the second bomb in less than a week in Mersin.
On Monday, May 29, 2006, at 10:30 am a small percussion-like
bomb, which was placed in a trash barrel, exploded on Silifke
Street near the fish market. There were no injuries.
3. (U) The Kurdistan Ozgurluk Sahinleri (also known by their
Kurdish name, Teyrebazen Azadiya Kurdistan - TAK) Freedom Hawks
of Kurdistan, have claimed responsibility for the June 3
incident, and police tell us that they suspect the same
organization of perpetrating the May 29, 2006 incident.
REID
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY: SATURDAY BOMBING IN MERSIN
1. (U) One police officer and twelve civilians were wounded by a
bomb which exploded at 11:40 am on Saturday, June 3, 2006, in
downtown Mersin. The bomb reportedly was planted in a black
plastic bag. Some press accounts attribute the detonation to a
remote control device. No American citizens were injured. The
bomb was placed in front of a tobacco kiosk on Ataturk Street
which is in a busy shopping district. Mersin has increased
numbers of foreign tourists, especially western Europeans,
during the summer season.
2. (U) This is the second bomb in less than a week in Mersin.
On Monday, May 29, 2006, at 10:30 am a small percussion-like
bomb, which was placed in a trash barrel, exploded on Silifke
Street near the fish market. There were no injuries.
3. (U) The Kurdistan Ozgurluk Sahinleri (also known by their
Kurdish name, Teyrebazen Azadiya Kurdistan - TAK) Freedom Hawks
of Kurdistan, have claimed responsibility for the June 3
incident, and police tell us that they suspect the same
organization of perpetrating the May 29, 2006 incident.
REID