Turkey Blames Kurd Groups for Bomb, Urges U.S. to Cut Ties
- Erdogan, Davutoglu say PKK, PYD combined to attack Ankara
- PYD is backed by the U.S. as partner in Islamic State fight
Smoke rises from a burning bus after an explosion in Ankara, on Feb. 17.
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Turkey’s leaders blamed two Kurdish groups for a bombing in the capital that killed 28 people, including one backed by the U.S. as a major ally in the fight against Islamic State in Syria.
Speaking in Ankara the day after a car bomb blasted through a military bus, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the attack was carried out by separatists from the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers’ Party in coordination with the armed wing of the U.S.-backed Democratic Union Party in Syria, or PYD.