Kurdish militants admit to Ankara bombing

Kurdish militants have claimed a suicide bombing in Ankara that killed 37 people this week, and have warned of further attacks. Meanwhile, Germany has shut down its diplomatic missions and schools in Turkey.

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), linked to militants who have waged a three-decade insurgency against Turkey, said they carried out Sunday’s bombing, and vowed further strikes to avenge military operations in the largely Kurdish southeast.

Berlin closed its embassy in Ankara, consulate in Istanbul, and German schools in both cities, citing “concrete and very serious” indications of terror attacks being prepared against its properties. It was not clear if the threat to German interests also came from Kurdish militants.