The explosion occurred in the area of Kızılay, where there are a number of government buildings, near the Park ΓκιουβÎν, next to the transport hub of the Turkish capital.
The time of the explosion
The explosion in the centre of Ankara, it seems that it was caused by the blasting in the car near the bus stop λεωοφοÏείου transmits the radio-television network TRT.
Earlier, the TRT had convey that the explosion occurred after the collision of a car with a bus.
According to sources in security services, fire were heard after the explosion, while ambulances have rushed on the spot.
Television network reported that there are a lot of charred cars in Kızılay square.
The official update
According to the official information of the prefecture, the dead from the attack reach them, 27 while the wounded is 75. The attack occurred when a booby-trapped car exploded in front of a bus stop, while still it is not known if in it there were people.
With regard to the injured, have been transferred to 10 area hospitals for treatment, and the information indicating that the 12 of them is in critical condition.
Official of the security services, said to Reuters that the authorities believe that this is a suicide attack. In accordance with the first data, the attack in Ankara was held by kurdish fighter of PKK or affiliated with that organization, said an official of the Turkish security services.
Goes up the number of dead
The 32 rises, the number of people killed by the attack with a car bomb at 18.45 in the centre of Ankara, almost a month after the previous suicide attack against a military bus in the centre of the Turkish capital, with 29 people dead.
The square of Kızılay square is situated in the centre of the city, and from there they spend several bus lines, and there is a metro station. The point of the explosion is located near the ministries of Justice and Interior.
The prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu convened tonight’s meeting of the cabinet security council, with the participation of relevant ministers and officials of the security services.
According to the television network CNN-Turk , indicative for the intensity of the explosion is the fact that 23 people were killed on the spot while the rest succumbed during transport or at the hospital. The injured have been transported in ten hospitals of Ankara and many βÏίκσονται in a critical situation, it became known from a medical source.
The Turkish police has cordoned off the area of the attack.
Tomorrow the results of the investigation
The minister of Health of Turkey Mehmet Μουεζίνογκλου announced that 34 people were killed in the bombing in Ankara, and that at least one or two of the dead perpetrators of the attack.
Referring to the wounded, said that 125 people were hospitalized, 19 of whom are in serious condition.
The Interior minister of Turkey Εφκάν But announced from the side of the in a statement broadcast by the tv that the attack was a car bomb and that the name of the organisation that is responsible for will be announced after the investigation is completed.
“I believe that the investigation will be completed by tomorrow and that the results will be announced,” he said.
The U.S. had warned
On Friday, the United States embassy in Ankara sent a message to american citizens who are in Turkey, warning of “possible terrorist attack” in Ankara with the aim of “buildings of the Turkish government and other buildings in the area ΜπαχτσελίεβλεÏ, which was the attack of 17 February and close to the site of today’s attack.
Recall that a month ago, the kurdish organization has claimed responsibility for attack on military convoy in Ankara, which caused the death of 28 people.
This is the third explosion in the Turkish capital from October 2015.
From the point of users of social networks upload photos in which they look cars and a bus burnt.
The announcement of the Greek FOREIGN ministry
We express our disgust for the deadly terrorist attack that occurred today in Ankara.
We unequivocally condemn terrorism, wherever it comes from, and we express our solidarity with the Turkish people, the citizens of the Turkish capital, as well as the sincere condolences of the Greek people and the Greek Government to the families of the victims.
MASSACRE: an Explosion in a park in Ankara -at Least 34 dead, 125 wounded [photos]
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