- by cnn
- 15 Aug 2024
At least one person was killed and two others were injured in a bombing attack outside Turkey's Interior Ministry building in Ankara on Sunday.
The ministry said in a Sunday statement that two attackers murdered a civilian and stole his vehicle in the country's capital ahead of the opening of parliament. Two police officers reportedly received non-life-threatening injuries.
The attackers arrived in a light commercial vehicle in front of the building's entrance at about 9:30 a.m. local time, Yerlikaya. One assailant blew himself up and the other was "neutralized."
Investigators found four different types of guns, three hand grenades, one rocket launcher, and C-4 explosives at the scene.
The ministry confirmed at least one of the two attackers is a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, known as the PKK. The second attacker has yet to be identified.
The PKK, a Kurdish militant group classified as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, and Europe, issued a statement earlier claiming responsibility for the bomb, pro-PKK newsgroup Firat News Agency reported. The group said the attack was "carried out according to plan and without any obstacles."
Just hours after the fatal explosion, Turkey destroyed twenty PKK targets in northern Iraq, according to a statement released by the country's National Defense Ministry.
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