US diplomat visits scene of Kizilay car bomb attack

ANKARA

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday visited Ankara’s central Kizilay Square, the site of a deadly suicide car bomb attack earlier this month.

Accompanied by U.S. Ankara Ambassador John Bass and Defense Attaché Brig. Gen. Marc Sasseville, Blinken commemorated the victims of the attack by leaving flowers at the scene.

During his official visit to the capital, Blinken is later expected to be received by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

The March 13 car bomb attack hit a major Ankara public transportation hub, killing 36 and injuring dozens of civilians.

The terrorist PKK organization claimed responsibility for the attack.

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has identified the bomber as 24-year-old Seher Cagla Demir, who was recruited by the PKK and also received training with the YPG, the military wing of the terrorist PYD group, in Syria.

ANKARA

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday visited Ankara’s central Kizilay Square, the site of a deadly suicide car bomb attack earlier this month.

Accompanied by U.S. Ankara Ambassador John Bass and Defense Attaché Brig. Gen. Marc Sasseville, Blinken commemorated the victims of the attack by leaving flowers at the scene.

During his official visit to the capital, Blinken is later expected to be received by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

The March 13 car bomb attack hit a major Ankara public transportation hub, killing 36 and injuring dozens of civilians.

The terrorist PKK organization claimed responsibility for the attack.