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 poslednjih godina retko posezala za samoubilačkim napadima, meta napada - policajci na trgu - izabrana je u skladu sa politikom pobunjenika da napada predstavnike turske države.