Turkey: Peace Protest Bombing [Updated]

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Saturday October 10, 2015 · 2:02 AM PDT

2015/10/10 · 02:02

To whomever did this a curse be upon you

Two explosions have rocked a road junction in the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens of others, local media reported.
The explosions occurred near a train station where people were gathering for a peace march to protest against the conflict between the state and Kurdish fighters in southeast Turkey.

There is nothing more depraved than bombing innocent people, nothing more cowardly.

It does not matter who carries it out, nor their reasons for doing so.

It does not matter what the circumstances are.

It is beyond all pardon.

There is no valid explanation nor excuse on earth that can be used to justify cold blooded and premeditated murder.

I don't care where it happens, or even why.

It is pure evil.

My thoughts and condolences to all the victims and their families, it is beyond all reason.

2:30 AM PT: Reuters report http://uk.reuters.com/...

2:49 AM PT: Guardian report http://www.theguardian.com/...

At least 30 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in a terrorist attack on a peace rally in the centre of the Turkish capital, according to reports.

6:10 AM PT: The health minister confirmed 86 people were killed in the blasts and 126 were wounded. . It is believed the death toll could continue to rise.

http://www.theguardian.com/...

7:04 AM PT: PKK ceasefire

Hours after the blasts in Ankara, the PKK called for a unilateral ceasefire in its fight against the Turkish state "unless they or the Kurdish people are attacked", according to a statement carried by Kurdish news agencies.

http://www.aljazeera.com/...

7:18 AM PT: "We are faced with a very big massacre, a vicious, barbarous attack," HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas told reporters.

He drew a parallel with the bombing of an HDP rally in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir on the eve of the last election in June and a suicide bombing blamed on Islamic State in the town of Suruc near the Syrian border in July, which killed 33 mostly young pro-Kurdish activists.

http://uk.reuters.com/...

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