Istanbul bombing linked to al-Qaida

The Istanbul suicide bombings appear to be have carried out by militants linked to al-Qaida, the Turkish government said today.

“According to the information we have right now, both those who were involved in these terrorist attacks as suicide bombers, and those who had relations with them, seem close to al-Qaida, are linked to the al-Qaida terrorist organisation,” Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener said after a Cabinet meeting.