Ankara Governor Mehmet Kılıçdar said the attack was carried out with a car bomb.
The attack occurred in the center of the city, hundreds of meters away from the top military headquarters, parliament and prime minister's office.
“We are looking into details of the explosion,” Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said.
- "Terror has attacked treacherously in Ankara. We curse this attack," AKP spokesman Ömer Çelik said on Twitter.
According to locals, the sound of explosion could be heard from many spots around the capital.
Details to follow...
[hurriyetdailynews.com]
17/2/16
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According to locals, the sound of explosion could be heard from many spots around the capital...
ReplyDeleteThe attack happened at a time when a high-level security meeting was being held at the Presidential Palace under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Turkey’s TV watchdog RTÜK also imposed a broadcast ban on the attack...hurriyetdailynews.com
At least five people were killed and ten injured Wednesday in a powerful car bomb explosion in the Turkish capital of Ankara. The city's governor confirmed the toll...
ReplyDeleteThe attack targeted a convoy of military service vehicles, Ankara governor Mehmet Kiliclar said, quoted by the CNN-Turk and NTV channels. The location of the blast is said to be close to the Turkish parliament.
The Dogan news agency said that ambulances and the fire brigade have been dispatched to the scene.
This is a developing story
(Staff with AFP)
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At least 28 killed in car bomb attack in Turkish capital Ankara...
ReplyDeleteAt least 28 people were killed and 61 others were injured in a bomb attack on Feb. 17 targeting shuttles carrying military personnel in the Turkish capital Ankara.
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said the attack was carried out with a car bomb.
"We are facing simultaneous terror attacks, as if they were controlled by the same people, trying to intimidate Turkey," Kurtulmuş told reporters.
“We do not yet know the perpetrators of this attack,” the deputy prime minister said, adding that seven prosecutors have been assigned to the case and those behind the attack will be found out as soon as possible.
“This attack did not only target our military personnel in those shuttles,” Kurtulmuş said.
“This attack openly targets out entire nation, we condemn those who carried this attack, those who used the perpetrators as tools, and those who gave logistical, intelligence and even political support to such attacks.”
Kurtulmuş called on the international community to stand by Turkey.
“I want everybody to know that some plain condemnations no more satisfy Turkey. Whatever they do, the terrorist organizations and the powers behind them will not be able to reach their targets.”
Most of the injured are in good condition, Health Minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu said.......http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/at-least-28-killed-in-car-bomb-attack-in-turkish-capital-ankara.aspx?pageID=238&nID=95349&NewsCatID=341
Attentat à Ankara: un Kurde de Syrie identifié par la police comme l'auteur de l'attentat...
ReplyDeleteL'attentat d'Ankara n'a pas été revendiqué, mais la police truque a identifié l’auteur comme un Kurde de Syrie. L’attaque à la voiture piégée devant un car de la police a fait mercredi 28 morts et 61 blessés.
La police turque a identifié l'auteur de l'attentat à la voiture piégée qui a fait 28 morts mercredi soir à Ankara, un Syrien récemment entré en Turquie comme réfugié et présenté comme proche des milices kurdes de Syrie, ont rapporté jeudi les médias. Le conducteur du véhicule bourré d'explosifs qui a détruit plusieurs bus militaires près de l'état-major de l'armée s'appelle Salih Necar et est mort lors de l'explosion, ont précisé les quotidiens Yeni Safak (proche du gouvernement) et Sözcü (opposition).
Il a été identifié par la police scientifique grâce à ses empreintes digitales, enregistrées par les services de l'immigration lors de son entrée récente sur le territoire turc en tant que réfugié, selon les deux journaux. La police turque le soupçonne d'être proche des Unités de protection du peuple (YPG), les milices combattantes du Parti de l'union démocratique (PYD), le principal parti kurde de Syrie, affirment Yeni Safak et Sözcü. Aucune de ces informations n'a été confirmée de source officielle. Mercredi soir, les autorités turques se sont refusées à tout commentaire sur les auteurs possibles de l'attentat. "Nous n'avons encore aucune information sur les auteurs de cette attaque", a ainsi déclaré le vice-Premier ministre Numan Kurtulmus à la presse.....http://www.rtl.be
18/2/16
Davutoğlu says Syrian Kurdish YPG behind Ankara attack...
ReplyDeleteTurkey has identified the perpetrator of the Ankara bombing attack that killed 28 people as a member of the Syria Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia working with militants from the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Prime Minister Davutoğlu said.
In a live television speech, Davutoğlu said the bombing showed that the Syrian Kurdish YPG is a terrorist organization and that Turkey expects cooperation from its allies against the group.
Washington, which has said the YPG is not a terrorist group, has backed the insurgents in the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria.
"In light of information we have obtained, it has been clearly identified that this attack has been carried out by the members of terrorist organization inside Turkey together with a YPG member individual who has crossed from Syria," Davutoğlu said.
He also said nine people have been detained following the attack.
Turkey will continue to shell positions of the YPG militia, Davutoğlu said, a day after a bombing in the capital Ankara. He also said senior members of the PKK had been killed in air strikes on their camps in northern Iraq launched overnight......todayszaman.com
18/2/16