The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for a May 12 car bomb attack in Istanbul that wounded seven people. (Photo: AFP)Istanbul: A car bomb ripped through a police bus in central Istanbul during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding 36 near the main tourist district, a major university and the mayor's office. In that attack, a parked car was also blown up as a bus carrying security force personnel passed by. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Kurdish militants have staged similar attacks, including one last month in Istanbul. The car was detonated as police buses passed, Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin told reporters, in the fourth major bombing in Turkey's biggest city this year.

Source: Standard Digital June 07, 2016 08:48 UTC