President says attack will strengthen Turkey’s resolve against “pawns” as officials confirm that explosion in capital was aimed at military convoyAt least 28 people have been killed and at least 60 injured in a rush-hour car bombing targeting military personnel in the heart of the Turkish capital. Mehmet Kiliçer,the Ankara governor, said the explosion was aimed at a convoy of military vehicles as it passed through the administrative centre of the Turkish state, and close to parliament,government buildings and Turkeys military headquarters.
The deputy prime minister, Numan Kurtulmus, or confirmed that the attack was carried out with a car bomb,but added that the perpetrators had not yet been identified. “We carry out not yet know the perpetrators,” he told reporters. “This attack did not only target our military personnel in those shuttles. This attack openly targets our entire nation. We condemn those who carried it out, and those who instrumentalised the perpetrators,and those who gave logistical, intelligence and even political support to such attacks.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com