Terrorist Attack at USEmbassy in Turkey
Tulin Daloglu reports from the scene of a suicide bombing at the US Embassy in Ankara.
A suicide bomber attacked the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, killing a guard, on Feb. 1 at 1:13 p.m. local time.
Turkish authorities believe the attacker to be Ecevit Sanli, a 30-year-old member of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C), an extremist leftist organization. Sanli was reported to have been detained in 1997. Officials do not yet know why the group targeted the embassy.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the attack, reasserting that his government would not yield in the fight against terror. “The attack aimed to disturb Turkey’s “peace and prosperity” and demonstrated a need for international cooperation against terroris,” Erdogan said.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu offered his thoughts, stating, “We are saddened that such an attack happened in our country.” He went on to say that, “Turkey will spare no effort in protecting diplomatic facilities…We have always shown great sensitivity to the protection of foreign missions and we will continue to do so.”
