Daesh behind twin blasts in Turkish capital: Prosecutors
Turkish prosecutors say Takfiri Daesh terror group ordered the recent deadly double explosions that claimed over 100 lives in the Turkish capital city of Ankara.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Ankara prosecutors said that a cell in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep on the border with Syria “planned attacks inside Turkey after taking direct orders from Daesh in Syria.”
“This terrorist organization carried out the attack on the Ankara train station on the orders of the terrorist group in Syria,” the statement added.
On October 10, twin blasts targeted activists who had convened outside Ankara’s main train station for a peace rally organized by leftist and pro-Kurdish opposition groups. Ankara has said that at least 102 people were killed and over 500 wounded in the attacks.
The prosecutors further said there was “strong evidence” that Daesh was also responsible for other attacks across Turkey, including one on the border with Syria in July, and was planning more.
The July 20 bombing in the southern Turkish town of Suruc left 33 people dead and 104 others injured.
Turkey has time and again been accused of being one of the main supporters of the militant groups operating in Syria, with reports saying that Ankara actively trains and arms the Takfiri terrorists there and facilitates their safe passage into the conflict-ridden Arab country.
Analysts believe that the activities of Daesh inside Turkey seem to be an inevitable side-effect of support for the militants in Syria.
Earlier this week, two Turkish lawmakers from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) provided documents showing that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was linked to the use of chemical agents by militants active in Syria.
Ali Seker and Eren Erdem said sarin, a deadly type of gas used in chemical weapons, has been produced in Turkey and transferred into Syria.
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