ANKARA: Twenty-eight people were executed and dozens wounded in Turkey’s capital
on Wednesday when a car overloaded with explosives exploded next to military
buses near the armed forces headquarters, parliament and other government
buildings.
A government spokesman said 28 people had
been executed and 61 wounded in the blast, which took place near a busy
intersection less than 500 metres from parliament during the evening rush hour.
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag described the
attack as an act of terrorism and told parliament, which was in session when
the blast occurred, that the car had blasted on a part of the street lined on
both sides by military vehicles.
A senior Turkish security source said initial signs indicated
that Kurdish militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were
responsible. Separate security sources in the mainly Kurdish southeast,
however, said they believed Islamic State militants may have been behind the
bombing. There was no instant claim of responsibility.
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