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PKK offshoot claims Turkey bus bombing

An offshoot of the PKK has claimed a weekend car bomb that left 13 Turkish soldiers dead.

The scene of a car bomb attack in Kayseri
An offshoot of the PKK has claimed a weekend car bomb that left 13 Turkish soldiers dead. (AAP)

An offshoot of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for a weekend car bomb attack on a bus in central Turkey that killed at least 13 soldiers and wounded more than 50, the Hurriyet newspaper reports.

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) claimed responsibility for Saturday's attack in Kayseri, the newspaper said on its website on Tuesday.

The militant group previously claimed responsibility for an attack earlier this month outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul that killed more than 40 people.


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