Istanbul suicide attack may be linked to ISIL or PKK

Five people, including the bomber, were killed and six others injured in a suicide attack on a major shopping street in Istanbul on Saturday, Turkey. (AFP)

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • Turkey says new evidence suggests that either Daesh or PKK militants were behind a suicide attack that killed 5 people in Istanbul.
  • The Iraqi army, along with volunteer fighters, free the city of Ku-bay-sah from Daesh terrorists in the western Anbar province.
  • Belgium’s federal prosecutor says five people, involved in last year’s Paris attacks, are detained. Salah Abdeslam, the most wanted man behind the attacks, is among them.
  • Palestinian mourners hold a funeral procession in Hebron for a man shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday.
  • Afghanistan’s government beefs up security in major cities, as people hope to celebrate Nowruz or the Persian New Year peacefully.

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