Kurdistan Workers’ Party claims accountability for suicide bombing in Ankara

The banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), prohibited by Turkey and its Western allies, has taken accountability for the latest suicide bombing close to the Turkish Interior Ministry in Ankara, Al Jazeera reported.

The PKK confirmed their involvement within the assault via an announcement despatched to the Firat News Agency (ANF). “A sacrificial action was carried out against the Turkish Interior Ministry by a team from our Immortal Brigade,” the assertion learn.

Recognized as a “terrorist” group by the European Union, the United States, and Turkey, the PKK initiated an armed rise up in southeast Turkey in 1984, resulting in an enduring battle that has claimed the lives of over 40,000 individuals.

The explosion in entrance of the Interior Ministry resulted in accidents to 2 cops, as acknowledged by Turkey’s Interior Minister. The accidents have been, nonetheless, not life-threatening, the minister knowledgeable.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg condemned the assault in Ankara, expressing NATO’s solidarity with Turkey in its struggle towards terrorism. Stoltenberg additionally prolonged his greatest needs for a swift and full restoration to the injured cops.

“NATO stands in solidarity with Turkey in the fight against terrorism,” Stoltenberg stated in a put up on X (previously Twitter), wishing injured cops a quick and full restoration.

In a speech to the Turkish parliament, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the incident, asserting that “terrorists” would by no means obtain their targets in Turkey. He characterised the assault because the “last flutters of terrorism” and emphasised that terrorists making an attempt to disrupt peace and residents’ safety wouldn’t succeed.

“Today’s terrorist act in Ankara, in which two criminals were neutralized, thanks to timely intervention by police, is the last flutters of terrorism,” Erdogan acknowledged. “Terrorists trying to destroy peace and citizens’ security will never succeed,” he added, additionally warning towards the problem of boosting the morale of “terrorist” teams with political motivations.

The incident occurred throughout the first session of the Turkish parliament after an nearly three-month hiatus. The assault, that passed off in shut proximity to the parliament constructing, raised issues concerning the safety of presidency establishments.

(With inputs from ANI)

Edited By:

Aishwarya Dakhore

Published On:

Oct 2, 2023