Blast in Turkey Kills 86
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Turkish PM says deadly attacks likely were suicide bombingsTurkey's prime minister says there are strong signs that the two attacks at a peace rally in Ankara were suicide bombings.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also declared a three-day official mourning for the 86 victims of the two explosions as well as for people killed in terror attacks since July.
The explosions occurred Saturday as hundreds of people were gathering for the peace rally by leftist and Kurdish activists.
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Blasts in Ankara, Turkey’s Capital, Kill at Least 86Two devastating explosions struck Saturday morning in the heart of Ankara, the Turkish capital, killing more than 80 people who had gathered for a peace rally and heightening tensions just three weeks before snap parliamentary elections.
At least 86 people were killed and 186 were wounded, said the health minister, Mehmet Muezzinoglu.
The blasts, which appeared to be the deadliest terrorist attack in modern Turkey’s history, occurred near Ankara’s main train station just as groups of Kurds and leftists planned to march to protest the recent resumption of armed conflict...
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Turkish PM blames suicide bombers in attack that kills 86Two 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...
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