Turkey: Suicide bombers blow themselves up after police shout stop

Two suicide car bombers have blown themselves up on the outskirts of the capital Ankara after being stopped by police.

Turkey: Suicide bombers blow themselves up after police shout stop

Two suicide car bombers have blown themselves up on the outskirts of the capital Ankara after being stopped by police.

Governor Erkan Topaca said the two bombers, a man and a woman, died in the incident on Saturday outside a horse farm. No one else was hurt.

Mr Topaca said the assailants were thought to be linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which has carried out a series of suicide car bombings over the past year.

He added police, acting on a tip, found the pair hiding at a horse farm in the district of Haymana, just outside the capital.

"The organisation they are connected to is not clear yet but according to information we have received it is highly likely that (the man) is linked to the PKK. The way the incident was carried out and planned points at the PKK," he said.

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