{"id":79231,"date":"2023-10-01T09:04:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T09:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=79231"},"modified":"2023-10-01T09:04:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T09:04:55","slug":"suicide-bomber-blows-himself-up-near-turkish-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/suicide-bomber-blows-himself-up-near-turkish-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide bomber blows himself up near Turkish parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Suicide bomber blows himself up near Turkish parliament: Explosion and gun fire rock Ankara with one attacker dead and another arrested<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Two assailants have died following an attack in Turkey&#8217;s capital, Ankara<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Two police officers have been hospitalised due to the suicide bombing\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>No groups have yet claimed responsibility for the attack\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A suicide bomber has detonated an explosive device near Turkey&#8217;s parliament in a terrorist attack, the country&#8217;s interior minister said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Minister Ali Yerlikaya, 54, added that a second assailant was killed in a shootout with police officers on Sunday, two of whom were injured during the attack in Turkey&#8217;s capital, Ankara.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two assailants reportedly arrived at the Office of the Interior Ministry, just north of Ankara&#8217;s main parliamentary building, in a light commercial vehicle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reports of a loud explosion in the Kizilay area, in the heart of the city, at around 9:30 am local time were followed by reports of gunfire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Security forces have since set up barriers in the area, while TV footage showed bomb squads working near a parked vehicle in the area,\u00a0located near the Turkish Grand National Assembly and other government buildings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/09\/76032547-12580759-image-a-38_1696149907116.jpg\" height=\"438\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Turkey has suffered a series of terrorist attacks in recent years<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/09\/76032687-12580759-image-a-39_1696149909794.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>At least one armoured vehicle was seen in the area<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/09\/76032199-12580759-image-a-30_1696148777649.jpg\" height=\"489\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A weapon that appears to be a spent rocket launcher was seen on the road outside the Interior Ministry building<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/09\/76032481-12580759-image-a-32_1696149404668.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Police have cordoned off the south side of the Interior Ministry building<\/p>\n<p>Turkish police have cordoned off the south side of the Interior Ministry building, while the road to the east of the building has been shut down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A rocket launcher was seen lying on the road outside the Interior Ministry building, just next to the vehicle believed to have been used by the assailants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers, as well as emergency services, are currently posted outside the government building.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Armed soldiers were also seen on top of nearby buildings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The attack occurred hours before Turkey&#8217;s parliament was due to reopen following a three-month summer recess with a speech by the country&#8217;s president,\u00a0Recep Tayyip Erdogan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers were expected to be in the building at 2pm today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/09\/76032849-12580759-image-a-41_1696150326762.jpg\" height=\"402\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The rocket launcher was seen near the vehicle believed to have been used by the assailants<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/10\/76032913-12580759-image-a-42_1696150856601.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bomb squads were seen working on the car that is believed to have been used by the assailants<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/09\/76032769-12580759-image-a-40_1696150110559.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Turkish police have cordoned off the south side of the Interior Ministry building<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/09\/76032497-12580759-image-a-31_1696149402321.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Armed soldiers were seen on the roofs of nearby buildings<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/09\/76031857-12580759-image-a-24_1696147383612.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Turkish bomb squads were seen in the area shortly after reports of the explosion came in<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/09\/76032041-12580759-image-a-29_1696147979160.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Armed soldiers were seen outside the Interior Ministry building<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/09\/76032549-12580759-image-a-34_1696149622627.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>No group has yet come forward and claimed responsibility for the attack\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is not currently known whether the attack claimed any lives or caused any more injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Turkey&#8217;s interior minister said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, about the incident: &#8216;Our struggle will continue until the last terrorist is neutralised.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ankara&#8217;s chief prosecutor has launched an investigation into what it also called a terrorist attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No group or individual has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, though Kurdish and far-left militant groups, as well as ISIS, have carried out deadly attacks in Turkey in the recent past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The most recent bomb attack in Turkey was in a shopping street in Istanbul in November 2022, where six were killed and 81 were injured.<\/p>\n<p>There was no claim of responsibility, but Turkey accused the outlawed PKK group of being behind the attack and said it had detained 46 people including a Syrian woman suspected of planting the device.<\/p>\n<p>The bombing took place in the popular shopping street of Istiklal Avenue on a Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12580759\/Suicide-bomber-blows-near-Turkish-parliament-Explosion-gun-fire-rock-Ankara-one-attacker-dead-arrested.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suicide bomber blows himself up near Turkish parliament: Explosion and gun fire rock Ankara with one attacker dead and another arrested Two assailants have died following an attack in Turkey&#8217;s capital, Ankara Two police officers have been hospitalised due to the suicide bombing\u00a0 No groups have yet claimed responsibility for the attack\u00a0 A suicide 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