Suspected Terror Blast Shakes Turkish Capital

By artappraiser on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 4:30pm |

By Sebnum Arsu, New York Times, September 20/21, 2011

ISTANBUL — A suspected terrorist attack in central Ankara on Tuesday killed three people and injured at least 34, the interior minister said, in the first deadly bombing in the Turkish capital in more than four years. Three of the injured people were in critical condition late on Tuesday.

Idris Naim Sahin, the interior minister, said the explosion and fire were “highly likely to be a terror attack.”There was no immediate claim of responsibility. “This is an attack that did not focus on a specific target,” Mr. Sahin said. “Anyone could be a target, and there is no divide between babies or elderly, police or regular citizens. The target is the Turkish citizen and Turkey as a whole.” ....

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