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October 10th, 2015 
Awake Goy At least 86 people have lost their lives in two large explosions that rocked a road junction in the center of Turkey’s capital, Ankara, officials say.
The blasts occurred at 10:04 a.m. local time (0704 GMT) on Saturday outside the main train station in Ankara, where a group of demonstrators had gathered for an anti-government peace march.
The Turkish Health Ministry announced the number of fatalities, but has not released the number of those wounded yet. Earlier reports had put the number of the wounded at over 120.
Authorities in Ankara say the blasts were a terrorist attack. They are investigating the possibility that a bomber might have been behind the explosions, according to the Anadolu news agency.
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People walk among the bodies of people killed in a blast at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey, on October 10, 2015. (© AFP) -
An injured person is carried away following a blast at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey, on October 10, 2015. (© AFP) -
A woman reacts following an explosion at the main train station in Turkey’s capital Ankara on October 10, 2015. (© AFP) -
A woman helps an injured woman after an explosion during a peace march in Ankara, Turkey, October 10, 2015. (© Reuters) -
Bodies of victims are covered with flags and banners as police officers secure the area after an explosion in Ankara, Turkey, October 10, 2015. (© AP)
The leftist groups in Turkey, including the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), had organized a pro-peace demonstration at the site of the blasts to slam the clashes between Turkish forces and militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) ) in the country’s southeast.
A shaky ceasefire between Ankara and the PKK that had stood since 2013 was declared null and void following the Turkish military campaign against the militant group, which been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region inside Turkey since 1984.
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