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Ankara explosion: 30 dead at rally in Turkish capital | Ankara explosion: 30 dead at rally in Turkish capital |
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Two explosions at a peace rally in the Turkish capital Ankara have killed at least 30 people and injured 126, the interior ministry says. | |
TV footage shows scenes of panic and people lying on the ground covered in blood, amid protest banners. | TV footage shows scenes of panic and people lying on the ground covered in blood, amid protest banners. |
The blasts took place near the city's central train station as people gathered for a march organised by leftist groups. | |
Government officials say the blasts were a terrorist attack, and are investigating reports that a suicide bomber was behind at least one of the explosions. | |
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is being briefed by the interior and health ministers, state news agency Anadolu says. | Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is being briefed by the interior and health ministers, state news agency Anadolu says. |
The pro-Kurdish HDP party was among those attending the rally. | |
The leader of the HDP has blamed the state for the attack, and cancelled all election rallies. | The leader of the HDP has blamed the state for the attack, and cancelled all election rallies. |
Turkey is holding a re-run of June's inconclusive parliamentary elections on 1 November. | |
The HDP was among those joining Saturday's rally for "peace and democracy", called for by the confederation of trades unions, which was due to start at 12:00 local time. | The HDP was among those joining Saturday's rally for "peace and democracy", called for by the confederation of trades unions, which was due to start at 12:00 local time. |
The party tweeted that there were "numerous dead and injured", and that police "attacked" people carrying the injured away. | The party tweeted that there were "numerous dead and injured", and that police "attacked" people carrying the injured away. |
Local resident Emre told the BBC that he heard two separate explosions and saw a number of dead bodies. Angry people tried to attack police cars, he said. | Local resident Emre told the BBC that he heard two separate explosions and saw a number of dead bodies. Angry people tried to attack police cars, he said. |
An HDP rally in the city of Diyarbakir was bombed in June, ahead of general elections in which the party entered parliament for the first time. | |
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul says it was feared that another similar attack was imminent, as voters prepare to go to the polls once more. | |
A suicide bombing by suspected Islamic State militants on a gathering of Socialist youth activists in the town of Suruc on the Syrian border killed at least 30 people in July. | A suicide bombing by suspected Islamic State militants on a gathering of Socialist youth activists in the town of Suruc on the Syrian border killed at least 30 people in July. |
A ceasefire between the Kurdish militant group the PKK and Turkey's government later broke down, and there have been regular attacks from both sides since then. | A ceasefire between the Kurdish militant group the PKK and Turkey's government later broke down, and there have been regular attacks from both sides since then. |
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