Turkey’s interior minister blamed Syria’s intelligence agencies and its army for involvement in a car bombing at a border crossing last month that killed 14 people, after he announced Monday that police detained five suspects.<\/p>\n
Four Syrians and a Turk are in custody in connection with the Feb. 11 attack at the Bab al-Hawa frontier post. No one has claimed responsibility, but a Syrian opposition faction accused the Syrian government of the bombing, saying it narrowly missed 13 leaders of the group.<\/p>\n
Interior Minister Muammer Guler told reporters two of the detained, including a woman, are suspected of having carried out the attack, while a third is believed to have organized the bombing. The other suspects are thought to have “aided and abetted” the bombers. One other suspect is still at large, Guler said.<\/p>\n
Guler said the suspects were linked to Syria’s intelligence agencies and its army.<\/p>\n
“We have determined that they were in contact with the Syrian intelligence and army,” Guler said. “But of course, this will come to light during the trial.”<\/p>\n
The detained were to be questioned by a court to face formal arrest and charges. Guler said three other people were also quizzed by police but released after questioning.<\/p>\n
Guler said two of the suspects had escaped to Syria and were “brought” to Turkey. He did not say if Syrian rebels, backed by Turkey, were involved in their return.<\/p>\n
The frontier area has seen heavy fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces during the nearly two-year-old civil war.<\/p>\n
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