Turkey explosion death toll runs

ankara - The death toll from the explosion at a train station in the Turkish capital Ankara Saturday has risen to 47. Attorney General Haun Kodalak told the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet that seventeen injured his deceased at the hospital. Because of the attack were 126 people injured, some of them are still in critical condition.

The explosion happened in a place where a peace march was about to begin. Supporters of Kurdish and pro - Kurdish parties and organizations gathered to protest against the armed conflict between Turkey and the fighters of the Kurdish PKK.

According to the Turkish authorities, a suicide bomber blew himself with a bomb belt op.Getuigen in the location found metal balls , which are often used in homemade explosives. The attack is still unclaimed.