Ten people out of the nineteen arrested in connection with last Tuesday's bomb attack in Istanbul have been released yesterday. Nine were sent to court. The blast killed four soldiers and a teenage girl when a remote controlled bomb exploded hitting the bus the soldiers where traveling in. Twenty-seven people were detained Wednesday for questioning about the bomb attack. Istanbul Gov. Hüseyin Avni Mutlu said on Thursday that 19 of the suspects were sent to the public prosecutor.

TAK (Kurdistan Freedom Falcons) claimed responsibility for Tuesday's bomb.