Though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the Associated Press the state-run Anadolu news agency reported that the assailants were members of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front, or DHKP-C. 
Pamoja na kuwa hakuna kundi lolote lililotangaza kuhusika katika tukio hilo, kwa mujibu wa Associated Press Anadolu, moja ya vyombo vya habari vinavyomilikiwa na serikali lilitaarifu kuwa, washambuliaji hao walikuwa ni wanachama wa chama cha Kijeshi cha Wanaharakati wa Ukombozi wa Kimapinduzi, au DHKP-C.