A Turkish official said Wednesday that a suicide bomber suspected of belonging to a separatist Kurdish rebel group was behind a powerful explosion in downtown Ankara that killed six other people.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to crack down on terrorism as police arrested another suspected suicide bomber with 11.3 kilograms (about 25 pounds) of plastic explosives in the southern city of Adana.
Tuesday's blast in Ankara ripped through the busy commercial district of Ulus during the evening rush hour, injuring 121 people, eight of them Pakistanis in town to attend an international defence industry fair, Erdogan's press office said.
Ankara Governor Kemal Onal told reporters that police found body parts belonging to a 28-year-old man with a criminal record who was not listed among those killed and injured. The suspect, idenitfied as Guven Akkus, carried out the attack with plastic explosives wrapped around his body, Onal said.
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