{"id":33211,"date":"2013-02-01T13:54:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T11:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=33211"},"modified":"2013-02-01T16:05:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T14:05:31","slug":"breaking-newsbig-blast-front-of-us-embassy-ankara-one-us-citizen-dead-turkey-news-video-33211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/breaking-newsbig-blast-front-of-us-embassy-ankara-one-us-citizen-dead-turkey-news-video-33211\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News:Big blast front of US Embassy Ankara one US citizen dead \/ Turkey News Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An explosion has occurred in front of the US consulate in Ankara, according to reports US citizen security guard and suicide bomber is dead.(Video)<\/h1>\n

Ambulances and fire fighters rushed to Ankara\u2019s central Cankaya neighbourhood where many other institutions and embassies are also located.<\/p>\n

Contrary to early reports in the Turkish press, the explosion is understood not to have been caused by a suicide bomber.<\/p>\n

“It was not a suicide bomber or car bomb. Someone left a package or threw a package,” the source said.<\/p>\n

An Associated Press journalist reported seeing a body in the street at a side entrance.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear what the cause of the blast was.<\/p>\n

He was driving about 400 metres away from the US embassy when the reported blast happened.<\/p>\n

Two more people have reportedly been injured.<\/p>\n

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A\u00a0 witness on the ground has contradicted earlier Turkish media reports that the blast was caused by a suicide bomber. One source at the nearby British Embassy told the Daily Telegraph that the explosion was caused by a bomb.
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“It was not a suicide bomber or car bomb. Someone left a package or threw a package,”\u00a0<\/em>the source said.<\/p>\n

However, witnesses told CNN’s Turkish service that a bomber was seen appraching the building and later entereed a gate at the fortified compound.<\/p>\n

Initial reports say the blast occurred near the gates of the visa section of the embassy compound. Security has been tightened around the embassy as there are fears that a second bomb could be detonated.<\/p>\n

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Dozens of ambulances and firefighters were dispatched to the scene.<\/p>\n

Turkish TV footage showed smoke rising, with damage to the side entrance of the US embassy.<\/p>\n

Turkish Capital Ankara US Embassy bomb explode video<\/strong><\/p>\n[media id=808 width=610 height=340]\n

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