Suicide bomber kills guard at US embassy in Turkey
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Gate 2 of the embassy just after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the US Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey, on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. A far-leftist suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard at the United States (US) embassy in Ankara on Friday, officials said, blowing open an entrance and sending debris flying through the air. -- PHOTO: AP
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Riot police block a street after an explosion at the entrance (far right) of the US embassy in Ankara on Feb 1, 2013. At least one person was killed in the explosion in front of the embassy on Friday, the state-run Anatolian news agency and other media reported. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Emergency personnel are seen in front of a side entrance of the US Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, after a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device, on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Turkish police bomb experts inspect the site after an explosion at the entrance of the US embassy in Ankara on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Rescuers take a victim of a blast outside the US Embassy in Ankara to a waiting ambulance on Feb 1, 2013. Two security guards were killed in the blast outside the US embassy, local television reported, amid speculation it was a suicide attack. -- PHOTO: AFP
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An embassy security guard asks for help at the US embassy just minutes after a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the US Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey, on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. A far-leftist suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard at the United States (US) embassy in Ankara on Friday, officials said, blowing open an entrance and sending debris flying through the air. -- PHOTO: AP
Gate 2 of the embassy just after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the US Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey, on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. A far-leftist suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard at the United States (US) embassy in Ankara on Friday, officials said, blowing open an entrance and sending debris flying through the air. -- PHOTO: AP
Riot police block a street after an explosion at the entrance (far right) of the US embassy in Ankara on Feb 1, 2013. At least one person was killed in the explosion in front of the embassy on Friday, the state-run Anatolian news agency and other media reported. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Emergency personnel are seen in front of a side entrance of the US Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, after a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device, on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Turkish police bomb experts inspect the site after an explosion at the entrance of the US embassy in Ankara on Feb 1, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Rescuers take a victim of a blast outside the US Embassy in Ankara to a waiting ambulance on Feb 1, 2013. Two security guards were killed in the blast outside the US embassy, local television reported, amid speculation it was a suicide attack. -- PHOTO: AFP
An embassy security guard asks for help at the US embassy just minutes after a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the US Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey, on Friday, Feb 1, 2013. A far-leftist suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard at the United States (US) embassy in Ankara on Friday, officials said, blowing open an entrance and sending debris flying through the air. -- PHOTO: AP
ANKARA (REUTERS) - A far-leftist suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard at the United States (US) embassy in Ankara on Friday, officials said, blowing open an entrance and sending debris flying through the air.
The attacker detonated explosives strapped to his body after entering an embassy gatehouse. The blast could be heard a mile away. A lower leg and other human remains lay on the street.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said the bomber was a member of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), a far-left group which is virulently anti-US and anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) and is listed as a terrorist organisation by Washington.
The White House said the suicide attack was an "act of terror" but that the motivation was unclear.
