Weapons found in Izmir after bombing suggest larger attack planned - Turkish deputy PM

Record ID: 163155

  • Title: Weapons found in Izmir after bombing suggest larger attack planned - Turkish deputy PM
  • Date: 5th January 2017
  • Summary: IZMIR, TURKEY (JANUARY 5, 2017) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** EXTERIOR OF COURTHOUSE WHERE BOMB ATTACK TOOK PLACE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WITH FLASHING LIGHTS AT SCENE VARIOUS OF DAMAGED POLICE CABIN / POLICEMEN STANDING OUTSIDE ANKARA, TURKEY (JANUARY 5, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, VEYSI KAYNAK, SAYING: "They thwarted the car (laden with explosives) that was trying to forcibly enter the courthouse. A worker at the courthouse and a police officer who made the biggest contribution in thwarting the car were unfortunately martyred. Based on the preparation, the weapons, bombs and ammunition seized, it is understood that a big atrocity was being planned. Thank God, they couldn't succeed. Two brothers were martyred." IZMIR, TURKEY (JANUARY 5, 2017) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) CAR DRIVING PAST COURTHOUSE DAMAGED POLICE CABIN POLICEMEN STANDING AT CHECK POINT ANKARA, TURKEY (JANUARY 5, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, VEYSI KAYNAK, SAYING: "Turkey will be active in its region. These attacks will never stop us being present in places in Syria and Iraq that are infested by germs and producing terror against our country." IZMIR, TURKEY (JANUARY 5, 2017) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) POLICEMEN OUTSIDE DAMAGED COURTHOUSE SECURITY CABIN WATER CANNON AT SITE / EMERGENCY VEHICLES POLICEMEN STANDING GUARD OUTSIDE CABIN VIEW OF STREET / AMBULANCES PARKING WATER CANNON DRIVING PAST AMBULANCE DRIVING PAST WITH LIGHTS FLASHING VARIOUS OF POLICE STANDING NEAR SCENE OF ATTACK / YELLOW TAPE
  • Embargoed: 20th January 2017 20:26
  • Keywords: Turkey Izmir blast explosion ambulances courthouse car bomb damage police casualties Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak
  • Location: IZMIR AND ANKARA, TURKEY
  • City: IZMIR AND ANKARA, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Bombing (non-military),Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015XT2D6V
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak has said a much larger attack was averted, based on the weapons found at the scene of a car bombing in the western city of Izmir on Thursday (January 5).
    "Based on the preparation, the weapons, bombs and ammunition seized, it is understood that a big atrocity was being planned," Kaynak told reporters in comments broadcast live.
    Kaynak insisted the attack, which the local governor said was thought to have been carried out by Kurdish militants, would not stop Turkey's military involvement in Syria and Iraq.
    Suspected Kurdish militants clashed with police and detonated a car bomb in western Turkey on Thursday after their vehicle was stopped at a checkpoint, killing a police officer and a court employee, officials said.
    The explosion and gunfire outside the main courthouse in Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, highlighted the country's deteriorating security after a gunman killed 39 people in a New Year's Day mass shooting at an Istanbul nightclub.
    The local governor said the arms included Kalashnikov rifles, hand grenades and ammunition for rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
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