В центре Анкары произошел теракт.

В среду, 18 февраля, в столице Турции, Анкаре, прогремел мощный взрыв. В результате атаки на автобус, перевозящего турецких военных, погибли 28 человек, 61 получил ранения. Взрыв произошел рядом со зданиями командований ВВС и ВМС Турции, в районе, где также располагаются здания генштаба, МВД, и парламента. Большинство погибших и пострадавших - это представители вооруженных сил Турции, в том числе офицеры.

Власти Турции поке не установили исполнителей и организаторов теракта.

Президент Эрдоган резко осудил произошедшее и заявил, что его страна "никогда не будет колебаться в деле защиты" от терроризма.

"Мы с каждым днем будем все решительнее продолжать борьбу с теми, кто совершает эти нападения, не имеющие ничего общего с моралью и гуманностью, и с их подельниками. Из-за таких нападений все больше укрепляется наша решимость оказывать противодействие (террору) внутри и за пределами наших границ", - заявил турецкий лидер. Он подчеркнул, что "Турция не будет колебаться в использовании своего законного права на защиту всегда, везде и в любой ситуации".

Эрдоган также отменил намеченный на 18 февраля визит в Азербайджан, где должно было состояться 5-ое заседание Совета по Стратегическому Сотрудничеству на высшем уровне. В свою очередь премьер-министр Ахмет Давутоглу отменил заплнированную на среду вечер поездку в Брюссель.

источник: commonspace.eu по материалам todayszaman.com

фото: Today's Zaman, (Mustafa Kirazlı)

 

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