Bomb in Turkish resort wounds 20 people

TUNCELI - Kurdish separatists claimed responsibility for a bombing in a Turkish resort town on Sunday that wounded 20 people and warned they would carry out further attacks, a news agency close to the rebels said.

The Kurdistan Liberation Hawks (TAK), a militant wing of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), told the Europe-based Mezopotamya News Agency it was behind the blast in Cesme, an Aegean Sea town popular with Turkish and foreign tourists.

"A person describing himself as an official from TAK telephoned Mezopotamya and said that they were responsible for the attack in Cesme today," the agency said.

"The person said that such attacks on tourist areas would continue," Mezopotomya said.

- REUTERS