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Five dead in Ankara car bomb, city governor says Five dead in Ankara car bomb, city governor says
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At least five people have been killed and 10 injured by car bombing close to military buildings in the Turkish capital, the city governor has said. At least five people have been killed and 10 injured by a rush hour car bombing close to military buildings in the Turkish capital, the city governor has said.
Television footage showed a plume of black smoke billowing into the sky and an intense fire on the ground. Mehmet Kilicer said officials believe the explosion was aimed at a convoy of military service vehicles.
Ankara'da şiddetli patlama. Olay yerinden ilk görüntüler... https://t.co/ZX9RR0QWzW https://t.co/Bv4fvnoYnb Plumes of smoke were seen rising over an area and the powerful blast was heard all over the city, sending residents to their balconies in panic.
Private NTV said the explosion occurred during rush hour in an area close to where military headquarters are located as a bus carrying military personnel was passing by. Several cars caught fire, the report said. Television footage an intense fire around a burned out bus and emergency vehicles rushing to the scene. Turkish police have thrown a security cordon around the area.
Ambulances were seen rushing toward the scene. A spokesman for the ruling Justice and Development, or AK, party, Omer Celik, said he strongly condemned the attack.
There was no immediate indication about who carried it out. Ankara was already on alert after 103 people were killed before the general election in October in a suicide attack on a pro-Kurdish rally. A suicide bombing blamed on Isis killed 11 German tourists in Istanbul in January.
Turkey is also waging an all-out assault on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the south-east and shelling Syrian Kurdish fighters.
The private NTV channel said the explosion occurred during rush hour in an area close to where military headquarters are located as a bus carrying military personnel was passing by.
#SONDAKİKA Ankara'daki askeri servis konvoyuna yönelik saldırıya ilişkin yayın yasağı getirildi. pic.twitter.com/4RYcJPyVWk
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