Alwaght- A court in Turkey has issued an arrest warrant for a Syrian Kurd leader, accusing him of involvement in a deadly bombing in Ankara in February, Turkish Anadolu news agency reported.
The warrant calls for Salih Muslim, the leader of the Democratic Union Party, also known as the PYD, to be arrested over his suspected role in the February 17 bomb attack targeting Turkish military vehicles.
Nearly 30 people were killed in the bombing, which Ankara blamed on the PYD’s military wing, the People's Protection Units, also known as the YPG. The group is also accused of carrying out another attack in the Turkish capital in March.
Another Kurdish militant group operating mostly in southeastern Turkey under the title of the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) claimed responsibility for the February attack. TAK, which is a splinter of the PKK, said at the time that the attack was in response to Turkey’s massive crackdown on Kurds in the southeast.
Warrants were also issued for the arrest of several fugitive leaders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), including Cemil Bayik, Murat Karayilan and Fehman Huseyin. The three are believed to be hiding in northern Iraq.
