At least 95 people were killed and about 245 others injured Saturday when two bomb explosions targeted a peace rally of leftist and Kurdish activists in the Turkish capital of Ankara. Forty-eight of those injured are in critical condition.
Two suicide bomb blasts rocked exit points of Ankara's main train station Saturday morning as hundreds of leftist activists and supporters of pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) were gathering for a peace rally, according to VOA News.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned the explosions and called for unity. "Like other acts of terror, the attack at the Ankara train station is taking aim at our unity, brotherhood and future. The solidarity and determination we are going to display in the face of this attack will be the biggest and the most meaningful response," said Erdoğan, according to The Independent.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that the Islamic State jihadist group or the Kurdish militia - Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) - could be behind the deadliest terror attack in Turkey's history. None of those groups have claimed responsibility.
"For some time, we have been receiving intelligence information based from some (Kurdish rebel) and Daesh statements that certain suicide attackers would be sent to Turkey... and that through these attackers chaos would be created in Turkey. The (Kurdish rebels) or Daesh could emerge (as culprits) of today's terror event," Davutoglu said, the Associated Press reported.
The HDP party, however, rejected Davutoglu's claims and instead held the Turkish government accountable for the deadly blasts. "This is an attack by the state against the people," said HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas, according to DPA news agency.
