Three weeks after a suicide car bomber targeted a military personnel vehicle in Turkey, killing 29 people, a recent attack in the country's capital of Turkey, Ankara, has claimed the lives of 30 people, while 95 are injured and 19 of the injured victims are seriously injured. Two of the 19 victims are the suicide bombers, who perished.
The car bomb exploded near a park at Kizilay, Ankara's main square, after a car slammed into a bus. Police immediately sealed off the area and pushed onlookers away from the scene, warning that there might be a second bomb around the vicinity of the first bomb.
Three weeks ago when the military vehicle was targeted, a Kurdish rebel group, known as the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, claimed responsibility for the attack, but no group is yet to claim the responsibilty for this attack, and all fingers point to the PKK for the recent attacks too.
Ned Price, the White House National Security Council spokesperson said that the US government condemns the attack, adding;
This horrific act is only the most recent of many terrorist attacks perpetrated against the Turkish people. The United States stands together with Turkey, a NATO ally and valued partner, as we confront the scourge of terrorism.
Two days before the attack, the US Embassy warned of the imminent attack on Turkey government buildings and housing in Ankara and warned its citizens to avoid those areas.