Turkish Officials : Female Suicide Bomber Behind Ankara Attack

A female suicide bomber and a male accomplice were behind a car bomb attack in the Turkish capital city that claimed the lives of at least 35 civilians, an official said Monday.

    The female suicide bomber has been identified, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said, but he did not provide further details about the bomber's background. Investigators say they expect to identify the suspected male attacker pending the outcome of a DNA test, according to the (CNN).

    Ten people have been detained in relation to Sunday's bombing in Ankara, Kurtulmus said, and ten more remain at large. As part of their investigation, authorities have been tracing a network connected to the female suicide bomber, he said.  "At this point in the investigation, the network of the woman who has definitively been identified as the suicide bomber, has been uncovered and is continuing to be uncovered," he said. 

    Although the government has not officially blamed the PKK, or the Kurdistan Workers' Party, for carrying out the suicide attack, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters Monday that the evidence uncovered in the investigation very strongly indicates a "separatist terrorist organization" is responsible.

Source: QNA