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Bomber attacks US embassy in Ankara, Turkey | |
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A suspected suicide attack outside the US embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, has killed the bomber and a security guard, Turkish officials say. | |
The US ambassador confirmed that a member of the embassy's Turkish staff had been killed. | |
Video shows 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. | |
Embassy staff were 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' |
The Turkish provincial governor, Alaattin Yuksel, told reporters: "There were two dead in the suicide bombing, a Turkish security guard and the bomber himself." | |
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. | |
An AP journalist saw a woman who appeared to be seriously injured being carried into an ambulance. | |
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 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. | |
Are you in Ankara? Are you near to the area of the blast? Please use the form below to get in touch. | Are you in Ankara? Are you near to the area of the blast? Please use the form below to get in touch. |
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