The explosions took place several minutes apart, with the first going off at around 10:00am (0700 GMT), according to local Dogan news agency.
The explosions occurred near a train station where people were gathering for a peace march to protest against the conflict between the state and Kurdish fighters in southeast Turkey.
Eyewitnesses told the AFP news agency several bodies were seen lying on the ground.
The anti-government peace rally was being organised by leftist groups.
The Turkish government said it was a "terrorist attack" and said it was investigating claims that suicide bombers were responsible.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was to hold a meeting with security chief after the blast, the prime minister's office said.
aljazeera.com
10/10/15
----------
- An explosion hit Ankara train station Saturday morning leaving dozens of people dead and injured, according to sources.
Bodies lay in front of the station on Hipodrum Street, where people had started to arrive for a peace rally in Ankara.
Paramedics tended to the injured as a police helicopter circled overhead. Protest banners and flags littered the ground and members of the public helped carry the injured to ambulances and buses to take them to hospital.
Emergency services had raced to the scene following the blast at 10.05 a.m. local time (07.05 GMT).
Many people had gathered outside the station for a demonstration to be held in nearby Sihhiye Square. The rally, organized by the Confederation of Public Sector Trades' Unions (KESK), was to call for an end to the renewed conflict between the terrorist organization PKK and the Turkish state.
Eye witnesses said there were two consecutive blasts and there was an unconfirmed report that at least one suicide bomber was responsible.
The blast occurred amid fresh violence between the PKK and the Turkish state and as Turkey prepares for a general election on Nov. 1.
www.aa.com.tr
10/10/15
--
-
---
Dieu, considérez que nous ne nous entendons pas nous-même et que nous ne savons pas ce que nous voulons, et que nous nous éloignons infiniment de ce que nous désirons. (EL Ethnos, EL Ethos)
GR
FR
DE
ES
IT
RU
EU
At least 30 killed at peace rally in Turkey...
ReplyDeleteAt least 30 people have been killed after twin explosions in Turkey's capital Ankara.
The blasts targeted activists gathering for a peace rally organised by leftist and pro-Kurdish groups.
Another 126 people were said to have been wounded in the explosions.
Initial reports said one huge explosion had gone off but Turkish media said later there had been two separate blasts in short sequence.
The authorities were exploring the possibility that the blasts could have been caused by a suicide bomber, the official Anatolia news agency said.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had been briefed over the blast by Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu, it added.
"We are investigating the explosion and will share our findings with the public as soon as possible," a Turkish official said, without giving further details.
The area was to have hosted a peace rally organised by leftist groups later in the day, including the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
The attack comes with Turkey on edge ahead of 1 November polls and a wave of unrest over the last months..........http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/1010/733755-turkey-explosion/
At least 30 people were killed in explosions on Saturday outside the main train station in the Turkish capital Ankara where people were gathering for a peace march, a government official said...
ReplyDeleteThe blast occurred ahead of a planned “peace” march to protest against the conflict between the state and Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey. Earlier media reports had said there were two explosions.
Dogan news agency video footage showed those involved in the march tending to wounded individuals lying on the ground while hundreds of people wandered around the streets.
The cause of the blast was not immediately clear but a government official told Reuters it was being investigated........http://www.france24.com/en/20151010-turkey-ankara-deadly-blasts-peace-march-kurds
The Turkish government suspects that the twin blasts that killed at least 20 people gathering for a peace rally in the capital Ankara was a "terrorist" attack, an official said...
ReplyDelete"We suspect that there is a terrorist connection," a government official told AFP, asking not to be named.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mitten in einer Friedensdemonstration in Ankara hat es am Vormittag mehrere Explosionen gegeben....
ReplyDeleteDabei kamen mindestens 30 Menschen ums Leben, mehr als 120 wurden verletzt. Die türkische Regierung spricht von einem Terroranschlag.
In der türkischen Hauptstadt Ankara ist es unmittelbar vor einer Demonstration für Frieden zu mehreren Explosionen gekommen. Die Detonationen ereigneten sich unweit des Bahnhofs innerhalb weniger Minuten. Nach Angaben des türkischen Innenministeriums wurden mindestens 30 Menschen getötet, mehr als 120 wurden verletzt.
Die türkische Regierung sprach in einer ersten Reaktion von einem terroristischen Anschlag. Ministerpräsident Ahmed Davutoglu berief eine Sitzung mit Sicherheitsexperten ein, an der auch Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan teilnahm.
Fernsehbilder zeigten zahlreiche Verletzte, die auf den Straßen lagen und von Krankenwagen abtransportiert wurden. Es gebe erste, unbestätigte Berichte, dass es sich um einen Selbstmordanschlag gehandelt haben könnte, so die staatliche Nachrichtenagentur Anadolu..........http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/ankara-anschlag-103.html
At least 86 people were killed on Saturday in twin explosions targeting a peace rally in the Turkish capital Ankara, the health minister said...
ReplyDeleteSixty-two people died at the scene of the blasts and 24 more then succumbed to their wounds in hospital, Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu told reporters in Ankara. He said that 186 people were wounded.
The Turkish government suspects that the explosions were part of a "terrorist" attack, an official said.
"We suspect that there is a terrorist connection," a government official told AFP, asking not to be named.
Turkish police on Saturday fired in the air to disperse protesters from the scene of an attack, an AFP correspondent said.
Demonstrators angered by the attack on their fellow activists shouted "police murderers!" but were then dispersed as the security forces intervened.
Eyewitnesses told AFP several corpses were seen lying on the ground while NTV television and the Dogan news agency said at least 20 people were killed. Some 100 people were wounded, NTV added.
The area was to have hosted an anti-government peace rally organised by leftist groups later in the day, including the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
(AFP)