You can feel that blast, even in the video. Cnns Senior International correspondent, arwa damon, has more on the aftermath from turkey. This is the scene of where the explosions took place. Forensic teams now on the ground, police have it cordoned off. You can see the force of the blast and the fact that the window were blown out on the train station and people said that the sheer force of the explosions shook buildings for quite a distance around. Many people very concerned at this stage, that the death toll is only going to rise. People are coming, stopping, looking at the scene. Everyone around us right now, very somber at this stage. The country very much reeling from the impact of this very, very concerned about what it means and whether or not there will be more violence. And of course, the families and loved ones of those who perished in this attack understandably right now, in mourning, along with the entire nation. The Prime Minister coming out and declaring a threeday mournin
Good morning, everyone. This is cnn breaking news. Im alison kosik in for victor paul. A deadly bombing outside of a crowded train station in the capital there killing dozens and injuring many, many more. We just got new numbers of the amount of people killed. The countrys ministry of health says that 86 people are now confirmed dead and 200 others are confirmed injured. The blast happened at 10 00 a. M. Local while they gathered for a peace rally. One of the explosions was caught on video. Watch. So far, no claim of responsibility for this attack. Journalist, andrew fenkell is following the story. What more do we know . It is suspicion there were two suicide bombers. One bomb right after the other. This was meant to be a zhou full protest, an attempt to protest and demonstrate in favor of piece in the southeast of turkey where there has been an increase in violence between kurdish separatists and government groups. There are going to be a great many more rallies sked kruld in turkey o
And all sorts of conspiracies. The attack comes against a peace rally, a rally that was calling for peace in the kurdish complex in the southeast of the country. There has been a great deal of mutual recrimination. People are accusing each other of having prevented this attack. So far, with he dont know who has done it. What has been the reaction from the turkish government . The turkish government has tried to appeal for calm. It has called for three days of mourning and tried to stop the media from reporting images of the attacks. They say this will inflame the situation. Some of the opposition parties are saying the fact that no one has resigned or claimed responsibility, the police werent doing their job. This somehow means you are encouraging this attack. The background is that turkey is going to an election in a months time. A very big factor in that election. As you can imagine, there is a very bitter adversary here in turkey. You sort of implied, though no one has claimed respo
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