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| ANKARA, Turkey — A large explosion in Turkey’s capital, believed to have been caused by a bomb, has caused several casualties on Sunday, according to news reports. | ANKARA, Turkey — A large explosion in Turkey’s capital, believed to have been caused by a bomb, has caused several casualties on Sunday, according to news reports. |
| NTV television said the bomb exploded close to bus stops near a park at Ankara’s main square, Kizilay. The news channel said a car, believed to be laden with explosives, detonated close to a bus. Several vehicles then caught fire, it said. The area is close to government offices, including ministries. | |
| The explosion came just three weeks after a suicide car bombing in the capital targeted buses carrying military personnel, killing 29 people. A Kurdish militant group which is an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdish rebel group, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, claimed responsibility for that attack. | The explosion came just three weeks after a suicide car bombing in the capital targeted buses carrying military personnel, killing 29 people. A Kurdish militant group which is an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdish rebel group, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, claimed responsibility for that attack. |
| It also occurred two days after the U.S. Embassy issued a security warning about a potential plot to attack Turkish government buildings and housing in one Ankara neighborhood and asked its citizens to avoid those areas. | |
| Dogan Asik, 28, said he was on a bus when the explosion occurred. | |
| “We were thrown further back into the bus from the force of the explosion,” said Asik, who sustained injuries on his face and arm. | |
| Several ambulances and police cars were sent to the scene of Sunday’s explosion. Police sealed off the area and pushed onlookers and journalists back, warning there could be a second bomb. | Several ambulances and police cars were sent to the scene of Sunday’s explosion. Police sealed off the area and pushed onlookers and journalists back, warning there could be a second bomb. |
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