7 SUSPECTS IN ANKARA BLAST DETAINED

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.05.2007 14:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Turkish police detained 7 suspects in blast in
the capital city. The citizenship of the suspects and other details
are not announced.

NTV channel with a reference to a source in police said a plastic
bomb believed to be used by Kurdish separatists exploded near the
trade center mall.

However the PKK denies complicity in the blast.

Turkish media reports there are foreigners among the killed.

The bombed is reported to have been placed in a bag left at the bus
stop. Detonation of a suicide bomber is not excluded either.

The powerful bomb blast in Ankara killed 6 people and wounded 102
others, authorities said. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already visited
the scene.