Unknown assailants, shouting "God is greatest", lobbed a percussion bomb at the office of Turkey's most staunchly secularist newspaper on Thursday, the third attack on the paper in just a week. The device exploded but nobody was hurt, though some glass was blown out of windows by the blast, the chief editor of Cumhuriyet, Ibrahim Yildiz, told Reuters.
Attackers also tried to bomb Cumhuriyet's office last week and again on Wednesday evening, though on those two occasions the explosive device failed to go off.
"Somebody yelling "God is greatest" hurled the percussion bomb at some readers who had come to show us support after the attacks of the last few days," Yildiz said. Security guards gave chase to the would-be bomber and his two accomplices, but lost them, he added.
Percussion bombs make a loud noise but do not usually cause serious damage. It is not so uncommon for militant groups in Turkey, including Islamists and far-leftists, to use them.