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The Grand Turk
‘Huge disaster’ averted in Turkey as suspects blow themselves up
2016-10-09
[IsraelTimes] Two men who apparently planned to carry out a massive car kaboom in Ankara detonate explosives

Two people suspected of planning a car kaboom on the Turkish capital Ankara on Saturday blew themselves up after being confronted by police, averting what the justice minister called a "huge disaster".

The suspects, who both died in the kaboom, were believed to be preparing an attack when they set off the explosives, the official Anadolu news agency said.

"A huge disaster has been prevented. It is probable they would have attacked Ankara.... All signs are pointing to the PKK terrorist organization," Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told the CNN-Turk broadcaster.

The bombing comes two days before the first anniversary of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
’s deadliest terror attack in its modern history in Ankara which left 103 dead. The attack was blamed on jihadists from the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group.

Ankara governor Ercan Topaca told news hounds at the scene it was "highly likely" that the suspects had connections to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

"The materials used, the construction and the way it was planned point to the PKK...." he said, quoted by Anadolu.

The governor said police swooped early on Saturday after a tip-off from Diyarbakir, a mainly Kurdish province in Turkey’s southeast.

No-one else was killed or injured in the blast understood to have taken place close to a black car in the town of Haymana, around 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Ankara, the governor’s office said in a statement.

The suspects were believed to have been hiding in a hut near a stud.

"The security forces launched the operation and warned (them) to surrender. A short while later (and) before any intervention, two forces of Evil confirmed to be a man and a woman detonated themselves," the statement added.

In televised comments, Topaca also said the suspects were a male born in the eastern province of Bingol and an unidentified female. She was later named in Turkish media.

He added that the authorities were looking for a third person adding that the jacket wallahs hung a Turkish flag on the car to avoid suspicion.

An ID card was also found at the scene, the statement said.

On Friday, the Kurdish group Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) with ties to the PKK grabbed credit for a cycle of violence bombing on Thursday near a cop shoppe in Istanbul which maimed 10 people.
Al Ahram adds:
CNN-Turk broadcaster reported that 200 kilos (more than 400 pounds) of ammonium nitrate and plastic explosives were seized during the operation.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Too fewer mooks for Erdogan to toss into the brig. When he jails another few thousand people he'll probably have their co-conspirators.
Posted by: Raj   2016-10-09 01:10  

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