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Turkey: deadly blast outside US embassy in Ankara Bomber attacks US embassy in Ankara, Turkey
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A blast outside the US embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, has killed at least two people, with reports that it was a suicide bomber. A suspected suicide attack outside the US embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, has killed the bomber and a security guard, Turkish officials say.
Turkish media said the suspected bomber and at least one security guard had died in the explosion. The US ambassador confirmed that a member of the embassy's Turkish staff had been killed.
Dozens of ambulances and fire engines rushed to the embassy, in an area also home to other diplomatic missions. Video shows damage to a checkpoint although reports say there was no damage inside the embassy.
Video appears to show damage to a checkpoint although reports say there was no damage inside the embassy. One other person was wounded by the blast, in an area also home to other diplomatic missions.
An unconfirmed report by Reuters news agency quoted the US ambassador as saying a member of the embassy's Turkish staff had been killed. Embassy staff were taken to secure rooms in the building, a reporter told Turkish channel NTV.
Embassy staff had been taken to secure rooms in the building, a reporter told Turkish channel NTV.
No group has so far said it carried out the attack.No group has so far said it carried out the attack.
A number of illegal groups ranging from Kurdish separatists to leftist and Islamist militants have launched attacks in recent years in Turkey, which is a member of Nato.A number of illegal groups ranging from Kurdish separatists to leftist and Islamist militants have launched attacks in recent years in Turkey, which is a member of Nato.
The last big attack in Ankara in 2007, which killed nine and injured 120, was blamed by police investigators on a lone, leftist suicide bomber.The last big attack in Ankara in 2007, which killed nine and injured 120, was blamed by police investigators on a lone, leftist suicide bomber.
'Suicide bomber''Suicide bomber'
Following Friday's explosion, an AP journalist saw at least one woman who appeared to be seriously injured being carried into an ambulance. The Turkish provincial governor, Alaattin Yuksel, told reporters: "There were two dead in the suicide bombing, a Turkish security guard and the bomber himself."
Golnar Motevalli, a former BBC News journalist in Ankara, spoke to witness to the blast, who works in an Iran Air travel agency opposite the embassy, which had its windows broken. US Ambassador Francis Ricciardione told reporters a guard at the embassy's gate had been killed in the blast at 13:15 (11:15 GMT, and a Turkish citizen had been wounded.
He said he was certain it was a suicide bomber and he had seen a body being removed by ambulance. An AP journalist saw a woman who appeared to be seriously injured being carried into an ambulance.
Ms Motevalli said the area around the embassy was swarming with police after the blast. A witness, who works in an Iran Air travel agency opposite the embassy. said he had seen a body being removed by ambulance. The agency's windows were blown out by the blast.
The area around the embassy was swarming with police, former BBC journalist Golnar Motevalli said.
While the blast was very loud, she added, the damage seemed to have been limited to the vicinity of the blast and no smoke was visible afterwards.While the blast was very loud, she added, the damage seemed to have been limited to the vicinity of the blast and no smoke was visible afterwards.
The US embassy building is heavily protected. The German and French embassies are close by. The US embassy building is heavily protected but has had long-standing plans to move its compound elsewhere for security reasons.
It was recently reported to be in the final stages of finalising a deal to choose an alternative venue.
The German and French embassies are situated close by.
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