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| An explosion's site in Ankara (Image: RT) |
A massive
explosion went off on Sunday, 13 March, in the capital of Turkey Ankara, as the
car laden with explosives ripped through one of the busiest neighborhoods of
the city, the Kizilay Square, near Guven Park.
The Kizilay
Square is a key commercial and transport hub of the city, there are also many
embassies and governmental buildings located nearby.
An official
statement of the provincial governor stated that the car laden with the
explosives was a cause of an explosion that left 37 people dead and 125 wounded.
The injured people were reportedly transported to 10 various hospitals in
different parts of the city, while some of the wounded are in critical
condition, stated the medics.
A bus and
several vehicles located close to the epicenter of an explosion were destroyed
and burnt down. Eyewitnesses also reported that the gun shots were heard shortly
after the sound of an explosion.
The Sunday blast
came less than a month after the deadly terrorist attack that occurred in
Ankara downtown on 17 February, when the car laden with explosives attacked the
military convoy in the area close to the governmental buildings and Turkish
Armed Forces headquarters. That attack left 29 people dead, most of them
military servicemen, and dozens wounded. A dissident faction of an outlawed
Kurdistan's Workers Party (PKK), The Kurdistan Falcons (TAK), has claimed the
responsibility for the February attack and stated it was aimed at targeting
Turkish Armed Forces in retaliation for the ongoing military operations against
Kurds in the South-East of the country.
The bombings and
deadly attacks occurred in several Turkish cities including the city of
Istanbul earlier as well, as the double suicide bombing on 10 October 2015
during the peaceful demonstration in Ankara left 103 people dead.
Some of these attacks were claimed by ISIS,
while the latest ones were the responsibility of the Kurdish militias. Yet it
is still unknown who is behind the Sunday's bombing in Ankara.
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