ANKARA - Turkish police detained a suspected suicide bomber in possession of 11.3 kilograms (about 25 pounds) of plastic explosives in the southern city of Adana, the local governor said Wednesday.
The arrest came the day after a suicide bomber suspected of belonging to a separatist Kurdish rebel group blew himself up in a commercial district in Ankara, killing six other people and injuring 100 more.
Adana Governor Ilhan Atis told the Anatolia news agency that police, acting on a tip-off, detained a woman who tried to flee when officers stopped the vehicle she was travelling in.
Her bag contained the plastic explosives, two hand grenades and 12 detonators, Atis said.
"It is understood that she is a suicide bomber," he added.
The governor did not say whether the woman belonged to any group and said a detailed statement would come after she is questioned.
Earlier Wednesday, Ankara Governor Kemal Onal said a 28-year-old man with a criminal record was responsible for Tuesday's bomb attack in the Turkish capital.
"The type of explosive used and the method of the attack tally with those of the separatist terror organization," Onal said, employing the official jargon for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
However police are yet to determine whether the militant was a member of the PKK, which has been fighting for self-rule in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast since 1984, Onal said.
05/23/2007 13:39 GMT