Story highlights Turkey's President ties Ankara attack to a different Kurdish group fighting in Syria

Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, a splinter group of PKK, claims credit for attack that killed up to 28

Group warns tourists to stay away from Turkey, saying it plans to target tourism economy

(CNN) The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks -- known as the TAK -- claimed responsibility for this week's deadly bombing in Turkey's capital, calling it "revenge" for Turkish military actions and warning tourists their lives could be next.

The group, a splinter of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, described Wednesday's attack that killed at least 28 people in central Ankara as a "suicide revenge mission" for Turkish military operations in the southeastern Turkish district of Cizre.

"This act was a revenge (for) the massacre of wounded civilians in basements in Cizre," the group said in a statement on its website. "... We will act against every attack on the Kurdish people."

TAK's statements -- including one in Turkish and another in English -- blast what they call Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's "fascist dictatorship" and vow more bloodshed as part of "our war of taking revenge."

The English-language statement came with a warning for would-be Turkish tourists.

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