Twenty-seven
people were killed and 75 were injured during an attack in the Turkish capital
of Ankara, the governor's office told NBC News.
The blast,
which local media attributed to a car bomb, occurred on the city's main
boulevard, Ataturk Bulvari, close to Ankara's main square, Kizilay.
The private
NTV news channel said a car, believed to be laden with explosives, detonated
close to a bus.
Several
vehicles then caught fire, the station said. The area is close to government
offices, including ministries.
The deadly
explosion — the third in the city in five months — came just three weeks after
a suicide car bombing in the capital targeted buses carrying military
personnel, killing 29 people.
A Kurdish
militant group which is an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdish rebel group, the
Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, claimed responsibility for the Feb. 17
attack.
On Friday,
the U.S. Embassy in Turkey issued a warning "regarding apotential
terrorist plot" to attack government buildings and housing located in the
Bahcelievlera section of Ankara, approximately three miles west of Sunday's
deadly explosion.
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