65 Ankara bomb victims still in intensive care
Turkish prime minister's office says 77 of 95 killed in blasts now identified
ANKARA
More than 60 people caught in Saturday’s terror attack in Ankara remain in intensive care, the prime minister’s office said Sunday.
In a statement, the center that is coordinating the government response to the bombing, which killed 97 people as they gathered for a peace rally, said 160 injured in the twin suicide bomb blasts were still undergoing treatment at 19 hospitals, including 65 in intensive care units.
The prime ministry has so far named 77 of the fatalities and said a further 20 would be named after autopsies are conducted.
Two senior interior ministry officials and two senior police officers have been assigned to investigate every aspect of the attack, the government added.
The blast was the deadliest terrorist attack in modern Turkish history, surpassing the 2003 attacks in Istanbul that killed 60 people and were carried out by al-Qaeda.
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