Posted on 11/17/2003 8:26:14 AM PST by Kaslin
ISTANBUL - Security cameras captured an Istanbul suicide bomber on film an instant before devastating synagogue blasts that sent a chill Monday through world markets fearful of a new wave of militant Islamist strikes.
An Arabic newspaper said a unit of the al-Qaeda network had claimed responsibility for Saturday's two attacks and pledged more strikes against Western states. Israeli security officials helped Turkey, which says the attack was planned abroad.
Istanbul governor Muammer Guler said investigations into Saturday's two suicide car bombings that killed 23 and injured 300 -- Muslims and Jews -- were advancing.
"We have important clues. Don't worry. Our police will overcome this," Guler told reporters. He gave no details.
Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu was quoted Monday as saying one of the bombers, at the Neve Shalom synagogue, could be discerned in his vehicle on security film shot before the blast. "But it's not clear. We're trying to clarify and make an identification," he told Vatan newspaper.
The semi-official Anatolia news agency said police had detained a man in the eastern Turkish city of Bingol who owned one of the pick-up trucks used in the attacks. Reuters/abs-cbnNEWS.com
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