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Ankara explosion: At least 20 killed and 61 injured after 'car bomb' hits centre of Turkish capital - updates | |
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At least 18 people have been killed and 45 injured after an apparent car bomb rocked the Turkish capital of Ankara. | At least 18 people have been killed and 45 injured after an apparent car bomb rocked the Turkish capital of Ankara. |
A statement from the armed forces said a bus carrying military personnel was targeted when it stopped at a set of traffic lights outside army barracks. | |
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. |
AP has reported the Ankara governor, Mehmet Kılıçda, saying it was a car bomb. | |
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.” | 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. | 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 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." | They quoted AKP, Turkey's ruling party, spokesman Ömer Çelik as posting on twitter: "Terror has attacked treacherously in Ankara. We curse this attack." |
A Turkish official told Reuters that early signs indicated it the attack was carried out by the Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK) but no other source has confirmed this. | |
Mr Erdogan's government has been accused of ramping up the rhetoric against the PKK following a breakdown in peace negotiations between the government and the separatist group last June. | |
Isis have been known to carry out attacks on Turkey - with a suicide attack on the border town of Suruc killing 28 people and wounding 100 others last August. | |
The terror group object to Turkey's intervention in Syria - which was stepped up following the Suruc attack. | |
This article will be updated shortly | This article will be updated shortly |