Outlawed Marxist Group Claims Responsibility for Istanbul Suicider

The prohibited Marxist DHKP-C group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing attack carried out in Istanbul on Tuesday.

The group, which is considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the EU and the US, claimed responsibility for the attack on its website, the BBC reports.

The suicider targeted a police station in the tourist area Sultanahmet and blew herself up, leaving one policeman dead and another injured.

Last week the group carried out another attack in which a man threw grenades and opened fire on another police station in Istanbul, before being arrested.

The Revolutionary People's Liberation Front, shortened to DHKP-C, is fighting corruption and has accused the state of protecting "corrupt" ministers loyal to Turkish President Recep Erdogan.

The group, which has gathered popularity in the past 30 years, is Marxist and anti-Western in ideology and has frequently targeted military and political figures in Turkey.

It focused on assassinations in the 1980s and 1990s, adding suicide bombings in the 2000s, attacking police and in 2013 it targeted the US embassy in Ankara.

DHKP-C justifies its latest attack with the corruption that is rife in the Turkish government and comes as a revenge for the death of a boy that participated in the anti-government protests in 2013.