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REPORT: Second suspected Ankara bomber has PKK links, death toll rises to 37

Rita Khoury

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14-03-2016 | 08:50

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REPORT: Second suspected Ankara bomber has PKK links, death toll rises to 37

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The second suspected bomber in a car bomb attack in Turkey's capital Ankara that killed 37 people on Sunday is a male Turkish citizen with links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, a security official said on Monday.

There has not been any claim of responsibility for the bombing and the government has said it will identify who was behind the attack once investigations are completed. Security officials had earlier said the other suspected bomber was a woman who had joined the PKK several years earlier.

The death toll in a car bomb attack in the Turkish capital Ankara has risen to 37 people, Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu said on Monday, adding that 71 people were still being treated in hospital.

Of those in hospital, 15 were in serious condition, he told reporters.

Sunday's bombing was the second such attack in the administrative heart of the city in under a month and two senior security officials told Reuters initial findings suggested the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group was responsible.

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