Terrorist Attack at USEmbassy in Turkey

Tulin Daloglu reports from the scene of a suicide bombing at the US Embassy in Ankara.
ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH Turkish police officers react after an explosion at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara February 1, 2013 in this picture provided by Milliyet Daily Newspaper. A suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard (not pictured) at the U.S. embassy in Ankara on Friday, blowing the door off a side entrance and sending smoke and debris flying into the street. Ankara Governor Alaaddin Yuksel said the attacker was inside U.S. property when the ex
Turkish police officers react after an explosion at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara February 1, 2013 - REUTERS/Yavuz Ozden/Milliyet Daily Newspaper
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Tulin Daloglu

A suicide bomber attacked the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, killing a guard, on Feb. 1 at 1:13 p.m. local time.

Turkish authorities believe the attacker to be Ecevit Sanli, a 30-year-old member of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C), an extremist leftist organization. Sanli was reported to have been detained in 1997. Officials do not yet know why the group targeted the embassy.

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