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Top UN official slams deadly bomb attack in Turkish capital

Xinhua, February 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

The president of the UN General Assembly, Mogens Lykketoft, on Thursday strongly condemned Wednesday's deadly terrorist bomb attack in Ankara, the capital of Turkey.

The president, in a statement issued here by his spokesperson, expressed solidarity with the Turkish government and the Turkish people.

"I offer my deepest condolences to the families of those killed and wish the injured a swift recovery," the statement said.

Fourteen suspects have been detained over Wednesday's car bombing in Ankara that killed at least 28 people and wounded 61 others, Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala said Thursday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned the car bomb attack in the Turkish capita, voicing his hope that the perpetrators of this terrorist attack should be swiftly brought to justice.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a press conference that the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) and the People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria are behind the attack that targeted Turkish military in central Ankara. Endit