Two terrorists, according to the Turkish government, detonated a bomb in front of the Interior Ministry buildings in Ankara on Sunday, killing themselves while injuring two police officers in the city’s first explosion in years.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya claimed that the assailants drove up to the main door of the building and detonated the bomb in a plaza that houses cabinet buildings and parliament. Another attacker was “neutralised” by officials after the blast killed one, he said.
The General Directorate of Security of our Ministry of Internal Affairs was attacked by two terrorists in a light commercial truck, he stated on X (previously Twitter).
Yerlikaya declared, “Our struggle will continue until the last terrorist is neutralised.”
After Turkish media reported hearing an explosion close to parliament and ministerial buildings, they aired pictures showing rubble strewn over a roadway close to the Interior Ministry.
The explosion confirmed the injuries of at least one police officer.
A Renault cargo van was seen on the roadway following the explosion, its windows broken and its doors wide open, surrounded by debris and a large number of police, fire, and military vehicles.
President Tayyip Erdogan will be in attendance at the opening session of parliament, which is located just one kilometre (mile) from the scene of the bombing on Ataturk Boulevard, the first such attack in Ankara since 2016.
According to a senior Turkish official quoted by Reuters, the vehicle had been stolen and the driver murdered near Kayseri, a city located 260 km southeast of Ankara. He also said that one of the wounded officers was hit by shrapnel.
“Two terrorists came with a light commercial vehicle in front of the entrance gate of the General Directorate of Security of our Ministry of Internal Affairs and carried out a bomb attack,” the interior minister wrote on X.
He also said that two police officers were slightly hurt in the 9.30 a.m. incident, and that one of the suspects blew himself up.