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Turkey: Two officers injured in blast outside interior ministry

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An explosion outside Turkey's interior ministry in the capital, Ankara, was a "terrorist attack", the interior minister has said.

Two attackers arrived in a commercial vehicle around 09:30 (06:30 GMT) and carried out the attack injuring two officers, Ali Yerlikaya said.

Mr Yerlikaya said an attacker blew himself up in front of a ministry building and another was "neutralised".

The explosion happened just hours before parliament was due to reconvene.

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