Manhunt begins in Turkey for authors of nation’s worst-ever terrorist atrocity

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Manhunt begins in Turkey for authors of nation’s worst-ever terrorist atrocity

ANKARA: -- Turkey is reeling from its worst-ever terrorist attack, which left 95 people dead and nearly 250 injured, 48 seriously.

Eyewitnesses say two suicide bombers attacked a peace rally held by the progressive HDP party, which supports the Kurds, but this has not been confirmed. No-one has yet claimed responsibility.

A general election looms on November 1, and this atrocity could change the course of the campaign. The prime minister went to hospitals in Ankara overwhelmed with the victims, and soon after spoke to the nation, naming his government’s main suspects.

“We will continue our investigation regarding this attack. At the moment, potential groups that can carry out such an attack are obvious: ISIL, the PKK, and the Leftist MLKP and DHKP-C,” said Ahmet Davutoglu.

The HDP’s leader Selahattin Demirtas had few doubts that the government was to blame for the attack, either by negligence or design, an accusation Davutoglu slammed as a “provocation”.

For his ruling AK party the HDP is the force stopping it from getting an absolute majority, and in this climate it may enable the AKP to scare voters to the polls in its favour. But for the moment all campaigning has been suspended.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-10-12

[ezzra]

" For authors " I'm no wordsmith but surly this is a poor choice of use of incorrect words to describe, perpetrators, instigators,

committer, culprit, miscreant, transgressor, planners..... but Authors?

[ABCer]

The tragic atrocity is a disgrace.

The Turkish Administration will investigate. They will hunt for the perpetrators. They may or not be able to find and punish them.

But in any case it is clear that there is plenty more of the kind yet to come. This is not a wish. This is a regret. But this is the truth.

[glaswegian]

turkish people should wake up and smell the coffee that the akp is dragging turkey intae the middle east triangle, making the kintra turning oot to be a war zone!!

[Artisi]

Get the BIB straight onto the case - should take about 1 day to come up with goods, especially if you wave a few Euro's in their direction.