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Turkish PM blames suicide bombers in attack that kills 86

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Two suicide bombers were likely responsible for a devastating attack near a planned peace rally Saturday in the Turkish capital of Ankara that killed 86 people and injured 186, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in a televised address to the nation.

Davutoglu called for three days of mourning in a country still reeling from the carnage. The two bomb blasts, about 50 yards apart, went off at the main train station as thousands poured in to attend a rally that included, among others, labor unions and the pro-Kurdish HDP, or People's Democratic Party.

"This is an attack that does not target a specific group; it is an attack on the entire nation and an attack on our unity," the prime min

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