At least 28 dead as car bomb targets military in Turkish capital Ankara

By Alasdair Sandford | With REUTERS

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A bomb attack in the heart of the Turkish capital Ankara – apparently targeting the country’s military – has killed nearly 30 people and injured more than 60.

It’s thought to have been caused by a car bomb. A vehicle filled with explosives reportedly detonated as military buses were stationed close to the armed forces’ headquarters, parliament and government buildings. Buses carrying military personnel were attacked while waiting at traffic lights at an intersection, according to reports.

It happened at the height of the evening rush hour – close to the centre of administrative and military power.

The deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said 28 people were confirmed dead, with 61 injured. He called the attack an act of terrorism.

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called those responsible for the attack “pawns” who knew “no moral or humanitarian bounds”, adding that the fight against them would grow more determined.

He has postponed a planned visit to Azerbaijan, while Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has cancelled his scheduled trip to Brussels.

It’s too early to say who carried out the attack; there was no immediate claim of responsibility. The deputy prime minister said “We don’t know who are the perpetrators of Ankara attack”, but he added that it had been “well planned”.

A security official said earlier that initial signs indicated the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was responsible, but other sources in the mainly Kurdish southeast said so-called Islamic State militants were more likely behind it.

International condemnation has been coming in: including from the President of the European Council Donald Tusk, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and the French and British governments.

source: http://www.euronews.com/2016/02/17/at-least-28-dead-as-car-bomb-targets-military-in-turkish-capital-ankara/