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Turkey blames terrorists for explosion at government building

Turkish police secure the area near the Interior Ministry following a bomb attack in Ankara, on 1 October 2023. © AFP / ADEM ALTAN

Turkey's government said on Sunday that two terrorists carried out a bomb attack in front of Interior Ministry buildings in the capital, Ankara. According to authorities, one of the attackers died in the explosion and the other was killed in a shootout with police.

Two police officers were lightly injured but no one else was killed, the interior minister said.

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