No Azerbaijanis among victims of Ankara blast
By Amina Nazarli
No citizens of Azerbaijan are among the victims or injured in the explosion in Turkey’s capital Ankara, the Azerbaijani embassy in Turkey reported on March 14.
The information about the absence of Azerbaijanis among the victims was confirmed to the embassy by the Ministries of Interior and Health of Turkey.
At least 34 people were killed and 125 more wounded after a car bomb struck the Turkish capital on Sunday evening. The explosion near transport hub is the third deadly attack in the city in the past six months. Exploded car was stolen on February 10 in Sanliurfa province, in the southeast of Turkey.
No group has not yet issued a communiqué claiming responsibility for the attack. However, a security official told Reuters that initial findings suggested it was the work of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) or an affiliated group, according to BBC.
"These attacks, which threaten our country's integrity and our nation's unity and solidarity, do not weaken our resolve in fighting terrorism but bolster our determination," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement.
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