Kurdish rebels exploded a remote-controlled bomb next to a bus carrying Turkish military personnel and their families on the outskirts of Istanbul, killing five and wounding 12. Four of the dead were soldiers while the fifth was the 17-year-old daughter of an officer.
The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) claimed responsibility for the attack, the second on security forces in Istanbul in the past month. It comes at a time when the Kurdish Worker's party (PKK) has called off its 14-month ceasefire and begun launching near daily attacks on the military and police.
Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports.
