Turkiye says terrorists set off bomb at government building

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The Turkish government said on Sunday (Oct 1) that two terrorists carried out a bomb attack in front of the Interior Ministry buildings in Ankara. It said one of them died in the explosion and the other was "neutralised" by the authorities.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Turkey's government said two terrorists carried out a bomb attack in front of the

00:06 Interior Ministry buildings in Ankara on Sunday. It said that one died in the explosion and

00:12 the other was neutralised by authorities there. A recording of CCTV footage showed a person

00:17 getting out of a vehicle and running towards the government building, followed by clouds

00:22 of smoke from an explosion.

00:25 A senior Turkish official told Reuters the attackers had hijacked the vehicle and killed

00:29 its driver in Kayseri, a city 161 miles south-east of Ankara, before carrying out the attack.

00:37 Two police officers were also wounded in the incident. Police announced they would

00:42 also be carrying out controlled explosions for suspicious package incidents in other

00:46 parts of Ankara. Authorities did not identify any specific militant group.

00:52 The blast on Atatürk Boulevard was the first in Ankara since 2016, when a bomb-laden car

00:58 exploded at a crowded central transport hub, killing 37 people.

01:04 During a spate of violence in 2015 and 2016, Kurdish militants, Islamic State and other

01:09 groups either claimed or were blamed for several attacks in major Turkish cities.

01:14 The incident also comes on the day that Turkey's parliament was set to open a new session.

01:20 Ankara's chief prosecutor has launched an investigation into Sunday's incident.

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