Turkey has caught 2,554 fugitives since Ankara bomb attack, minister says


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  • Sunday, 08 Oct 2023

FILE PHOTO: Turkey's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya speaks in front of the Interior Ministry following a bomb attack in Ankara, Turkey October 1, 2023. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan/File Photo

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish authorities have captured 2,554 fugitives as part of a nationwide counter-terrorism operation launched after Kurdish militants detonated a bomb near government buildings in Ankara a week ago, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Sunday.

Turkey said this week all targets belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were "legitimate targets" for its forces, after the PKK claimed responsibility for last Sunday's bombing, which wounded two police officers and killed the two attackers.

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