Suicide bombers 'were not al-Qaida'

A suicide bomb attack by two suspected Islamic militants on an Istanbul Masonic lodge which killed one person and wounded five others was not believed to be the work of al-Qaida, blamed for a series of suicide bombings in the city last year, authorities said.

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance of a Masonic lodge in the Kartal district late last night after opening fire with automatic weapons on diners.