Explosion in Turkey – the authorities call it a terrorist attack – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

The prosecution in Turkey is investigating the incident as a terrorist attack. On Sunday morning, Turkish police received reports of both an explosion and gunfire near the parliament in the capital, Ankara. Ambulance and police rushed to the town. Two people are said to have parked a light vehicle in front of the Ministry of the Interior at half past ten on Sunday morning, and carried out a bomb attack. – One of the terrorists blew himself up, the other terrorist has been “neutralised”, writes the Minister of the Interior, Ali Yerlikaya, on his Facebook profile. Two security guards are said to have been injured in the attack, and both have been sent to hospital. The two persons must have arrived at the site in this car. Photo: CAGLA GURDOGAN / Reuters People are being asked not to panic. According to the Turkish news agency Hürriyet, the second person must have been disarmed by a security guard who was at the scene when the person was preparing a weapon. This person is also said to have had a bomb. The Security Directorate in Ankara asks people not to panic, and specifies that the last bomb has been removed from the area, and that it will be detonated “in a controlled manner”. Special forces are on the scene to guard the area in the hours after the attack. Photo: CAGLA GURDOGAN / Reuters – Treacherous act Several politicians have condemned the attack. Trade Minister Ömer Bolat writes on X/Twitter that the Turkish state will eradicate “all forms of terrorism”, while the Minister of Justice calls it a treacherous act. The Ministry of the Interior has had a summer holiday, and was due to reopen today. Now there is a large security auction at the site, and entrances and exits are closed. Bomb specialists remove an undetonated bomb from the city. Photo: ADEM ALTAN / AFP



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