Kurdish separatist TAK says staged Istanbul bombing

A Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a military bus in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul that killed five people on Tuesday, a news agency close to the group said.

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), believed to have links with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the main Kurdish separatist group, said it was behind the roadside bombing and warned civilians to stay away from army targets, according to a statement carried by Firat News Agency. (Reuters)