we are hearing from turkey that these attackers were both members of that less -- leftist group, the dhkpc. trying to get back to normal days after local militias pushed islamic state group leader's out. many people just want to stay indoors in case other jihadists try to take over the city again. surely set well -- shirley sidwell reports. jihadist fighters briefly overtook the city in late february. residents are still terrified the islamic state group leader's trying to invade. although the market is open again, it's usual clients stayed at home. t it ishappy that sub safe again. they will not live among us. >> he's referring to the jihadists. about 200 of them occupied the city for four days. they used local sleeper cells to attack. local militias pushed them out. >> through the will of god, the remaining members will not pose a threat. people should report if they discover fighters were hiding. >> the area is one of several regions the islamic state group is trying to invade. it is already occupying the hometown of former leader moammar gaddafi. the country has two rival governments.

they're part of the dhkpc, a group violently opposed to what they see as westernisation of turkey. n outspoken activist for indigenous populations in honor overture as-- honduras has been found shot dead at her home. she won the prestigious goldman prize last year for her work >>> authorities in the u.s. state of alabama have been criticized for arresting hundreds of pregnant women on suspicion of taking drugs. they're being accused of being over zealous with the law. our correspondent reports from rainbow city in alabama. >> reporter: from an early age this woman always wanted to be a mother and now she has two boys. when she gave boy to one year old james last year things went badly wrong. during her pregnancy she took half a valium and when it turned up in a post-natal blood test, she fell foul of the laws. she gave birth to a perfectly healthy son and her results with passed on to the authorities. the two months later she was arrested at work and taken away in handcuffs. >> i had a sense of doom and fame ur that there was i was going to recover from this-- failure that i was goi

the pkk, daesh, dhkpc, every kind of terrorism. >> reporter: more mess ages of condemnation have been sent from go leaders from india, pakistan and others. >>> just hearing on -- reading on reuters newswire that a news agency close to isil says that the islamic state has claimed responsibility for the brussels blasts. joining us now from london is steve park, a terrorist and security analyst, as well as being a former police officer. good to have you with us, of course we don't know how true this claim of responsibility is. we're not hearing it directly through isil, and we're getting it through reuters so far no other agencies have picked it up. but if it is the case, how surprised or unsurprised would you be? >> i certainly won't be unsurprised. i think it's clear that something new is happening across europe at the moment. i think where we have seen sleeper cells that have waited a long time to do up with single terrorism act, and now we have got groups systematically gathering as we can see around the molenbeek area in brussels. surprised that the terrorist threat level wasn't rai