Kurdish militants claim car bomb attack in Turkey's Izmir
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2017 file photo, cars burn after a car bomb explosion in Izmir, Turkey. Kurdish militant group TAK claimed responsibility for the Izmir attack, which killed a policeman and a courthouse employee, according to a Firat News Agency report on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. (DHA-Depo Photos, File via AP) (The Associated Press)
Kurdish militants have claimed responsibility for last week's car bombing attack that killed a policeman and a courthouse employee.
The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, or TAK, says that two members of its "revenge team" died in the Jan. 5 Izmir attack, according to a news agency close to Kurdish militants.
Firat News Agency, quoting a statement by the group Wednesday, identified the attackers as "comrades" Mustafa Coban and Enes Yildirim.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}TAK threatened "new acts of revenge" against the "fascist" Turkish state, which is fighting Kurdish rebels in the southeast.
The two assailants were shot dead after they detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a roadblock and engaged in a shootout with police.
Turkish authorities consider TAK to be an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.