At least five people have been killed and 10 injured after a huge explosion, believed to be a car bomb, rocked Ankara outside military barracks, the capital’s governor has said.
A Turkish official told Al-Arabiya the blast on Wednesday was caused by a vehicle exploding and witnesses on social media shared images of smoke emanating near the building. Local media said the death toll had reached 11. ….The explosion occurred near the Turkish parliament during rush hour and Turkish newspaper Today’s Zaman said the blast hit a bus carrying military personnel.
Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish prime minister, said authorities were looking into the blast: “We have received information and we are looking into it.” Mr Davutoglu’s office later said he would not go to Brussels on Wednesday night ahead of the EU summit.A witness told Reuters they could even smell the explosion from “blocks away”: “I heard a huge explosion. There was smoke and a really strong smell even though we were blocks away,” the witness said.
Omer Celik, ruling Justice and Development Party spokesman, described the blast as a “terror attack”.
Let’s pray for the dead and injured. Horrible, horrible expression of hate.
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They have dubbed it a “terrorist attack?” You mean they didn’t have to “study” it to decide if it actually was? 🙄
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No, the “It’s definitely not terrorism” declaration is always made prior to any investigation whatsoever, when they’re still saying, at the same time, “We don’t know anything yet.”
I know these people like the back of my nicotine-stained hand.
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Last night I heard discussion on the radio that Turkey was shelling Syrian Kurds inside Syria, among many other things. Today we hear this news from Turkey, labeling it a terrorist attack. I am confused as to who are the terrorists. Prayers for all souls on all sides, on that I am certain.
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Amazing how much the first tweet pic resembles today’s open thread pic.
Uncanny, even.
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