TURKEY-US-EMBASSY-BLAST

TURKEY-US-EMBASSY-BLAST

People stand outside the entrance of the US Embassy in Ankara just after a blast killed two security guards and wounded several other people on February 1, 2013. The United States confirmed on February 1 that its embassy in Ankara had been hit by a “terrorist” bomb attack and said American officials were working with Turkish investigators. “We can confirm a terrorist blast at a check point on the perimeter of our embassy compound in Ankara, Turkey, at 1:13 p.m. local time,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement. AFP PHOTO / YAVUZ OZDEN / MILLIYET NEWSPAPER ***TURKEY OUT***