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| Ankara explosion: At least five reported killed and 10 injured after 'car bomb' hits centre of Turkish capital - updates | Ankara explosion: At least five reported killed and 10 injured after 'car bomb' hits centre of Turkish capital - updates |
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| At least five people have been killed and 10 injured after an apparent car bomb rocked the Turkish capital of Ankara. | At least five people have been killed and 10 injured after an apparent car bomb rocked the Turkish capital of Ankara. |
| Eyewitnesses reported hearing an explosion and seeing smoke rising from central Ankara. | Eyewitnesses reported hearing an explosion and seeing smoke rising from central Ankara. |
| It is thought the blast occurred just a few hundred metres away from the parliament and the military headquarters in the centre of the city. | It is thought the blast occurred just a few hundred metres away from the parliament and the military headquarters in the centre of the city. |
| Videos and images posted on social media showed large flames straight after the explosion and plumes of smokes rising into the sky, said to be over downtown Eskisehir Avenue. | Videos and images posted on social media showed large flames straight after the explosion and plumes of smokes rising into the sky, said to be over downtown Eskisehir Avenue. |
| A large number of people are feared to have been injured in the explosion, after a military dormitory was said to have been targeted. | |
| AP have reported the Ankara governor, Mehmet Kılıçda, saying it was a car bomb. | AP have reported the Ankara governor, Mehmet Kılıçda, saying it was a car bomb. |
| Several military vehicles - thought to have been carrying military personnel - are thought to have been affected in the attack, which was heard accross the city. | |
| Medical officials have reported 20 ambulances were scrambled to the scene. | Medical officials have reported 20 ambulances were scrambled to the scene. |
| Hurriyet Daily News reported Turkish Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu saying: “We are looking into details of the explosion.” | |
| He has allegedly cancelled his trip to Brussels, after he was due to leave later this evening. | |
| They reported the attack occurred as a high-level security meeting was being held at the Presidential Palace under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. | |
| They quoted AKP, Turkey's ruling party, spokesman Ömer Çelik as posting on twitter: "Terror has attacked treacherously in Ankara. We curse this attack." | |
| This article will be updated shortly | This article will be updated shortly |