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U.S. NEWSMonday 14 March 2016
Car bomb in Turkey’s capital kills at least 34
SUZAN FRASER Emergency services work at the explosion site in the busy center of Turkish capital, Ankara, Tur- The private NTV news chan-
Associated Press key, Sunday, March 13, 2016. The explosion is believed to have been caused by a car bomb that nel said several vehicles
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A went off close to bus stops. News reports say the large explosion in the capital has caused several caught fire following the
suicide car bomb went off deaths and many casualties. blast which also shattered
near bus stops in the heart the windows of shops that
of Turkey’s capital on Sun- Associated Press line the boulevard and the
day, killing at least 34 peo- square.
ple and wounding around The attack came just three terrorism will for certain end while the other four died at Dogan Asik, 28, was on a
125 others, officials said. weeks after a suicide car in success and terrorism will hospitals. packed bus when the ex-
Two of the dead are be- bombing in the capital be brought to its knees,” Er- Interior Minister Efkan Ala plosion occurred.
lieved to be the assailants. targeted buses carrying dogan said. said the attack wouldn’t “There were about 40 peo-
A senior government of- military personnel, killing Saudi state television said deter the country from its ple,” said Asik, who suffered
ficial told The Associated 29 people. A Kurdish mili- that a Saudi woman and fight against terrorism. He injuries to his face and arm.
Press that police suspect tant group which is an off- three children were among confirmed the blast was “It (the bus) slowed down.
that Kurdish militants car- shoot of an outlawed rebel those wounded in the at- the result of a car bomb A car went by us, and
ried out the attack, which group, the Kurdistan Work- tack. Saudi Arabia’s King that targeted civilians at ‘boom’ it exploded.”
occurred on Ankara’s ers’ Party, or PKK, claimed Salman condemned the bus stops on Ataturk Bulvari Police sealed off the area
main boulevard, close to responsibility for the Feb. 17 bombing and extended his close to Kizilay square. and pushed onlookers and
ministries. attack. condolences to the Turkish Ala said authorities had journalists back, warning
At least one of the bomb- President Recep Tayyip Er- people, according to the obtained evidence point- that there could be a sec-
ers was a woman, he said. dogan issued a statement state-run Saudi news chan- ing to the group behind ond bomb. Forensic teams
The official spoke on con- vowing to bring “terrorism nel Al-Ekhbaria. the attack, but said an were examining the scene.
dition of anonymity on the to its knees” and said Tur- At least 19 of the wounded announcement would be The U.S. Embassy had two
grounds that the investiga- key would use its right to were in serious condition, made after the investiga- days earlier issued a se-
tion was ongoing. self-defense to prevent fu- Health Minister Mehmet tion is completed, most curity warning about a
The bombing was the third ture attacks. Muezzinoglu told report- probably on Monday. No potential plot to attack
in the city in five months “Our people should not ers. He said that 30 of the group has claimed respon- Turkish government build-
and came as Turkey is worry, the struggle against victims died at the scene, sibility. ings and housing in one
grappling with a host of Ankara neighborhood and
issues, including renewed asked American citizens to
fighting with Kurdish reb- avoid those areas. The cab
els, threats from the Islamic bomb went off in a differ-
State group and a Syrian ent neighborhood.
refugee crisis. As with the previous bomb-
Earlier Sunday, Turkish au- ings, Turkish authorities
thorities said they were quickly imposed a ban
imposing curfews on two Sunday preventing me-
mainly Kurdish towns where dia organizations from
Turkey’s security forces broadcasting or publish-
were set to launch large- ing graphic images of the
scale operations against blast or from the scene.
Kurdish militants. Russia on The state-run Anadolu
Sunday also accused Tur- Agency said the govern-
key of sending its military ment-run telecommunica-
across the Syrian border tions agency had decided
to prevent Kurdish groups to block access to web-
there from consolidating sites that published images
their positions. from the scene.q
