Though the PKK has seldom resorted to suicide bomb attacks in recent years, the targets -- police officers stationed on the square -- were chosen in line with its policy of targeting representatives of the Turkish state.
Iako je PKK posljednjih godina rijetko pribjegavala samoubilačkim napadima, meta napada - policajci stacionirani trgu - izabrana je u skladu s politikom pobunjenika da napada predstavnike turske države.