A previously unknown Kurdish group claimed responsibility for pre-dawn bomb attacks Tuesday against two hotels in Istanbul tourist districts that killed two people and injured 11 others. An al-Qaida-linked group also claimed responsibility for the bomb attacks in a statement posted on a Web site, but Turkish authorities cast doubt on that claim, saying Kurdish separatists were suspected. Bombs rocked the two Istanbul hotels, inexpensive lodging popular among foreign tourists, before dawn Tuesday. Two other explosions at a liquefied petroleum gas plant on the outskirts of the city caused damage but no injuries, authorities said. An Iranian and a Turk were killed in the hotel explosions. The injured included four Spanish tourists, two Dutch tourists, a Ukrainian and two Chinese tourists, Turkish and Spanish authorities said.
