ANKARA, Sept 11 (AFP) - Police in southeastern Turkey have arrested a suspected Kurdish militant thought to be behind a bomb attack last month which injured seven people, the Anatolia news agency reported.
The suspected militant was caught in the city of Gaziantep as he was allegedly carrying out reconnaissance work in preparation for a bomb attack on the governor's office, the agency said.
The suspect reportedly told police that he had been among some 50 rebels from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) sent to Turkey specifically to carry out bombings.
He also claimed responsibility for an August 25 bomb explosion outside a bank in the town of Dortyol in the south of the country in which seven people sustained minor injuries.
Gaziantep police also detained four other people suspected of aiding the suspected bomber, Anatolia said.
The PKK, now also known as KONGRA-GEL, waged a 15-year war for self-rule in the mainly Kurdish eastern and southeastern parts of Turkey before announcing a unilateral ceasefire in 1999.
The group called off the truce in June this year, threatening to carry out attacks and warning tourists and investors to stay away from the country.
Since then the group has been blamed for a series of deadly attacks on security forces as well as the bombing of two hotels in Istanbul last month, in which two people were killed and 11 others, mostly foreign tourists, were injured.