Deadly car bombing in Ankara, Turkey

People react at the scene of a car bomb that went off late Wednesday during rush hour in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, near a convoy of buses carrying military personnel.

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Feb. 18, 2016 8:23 AM PT

A Syrian national with links to Syrian Kurdish militia carried out the suicide bombing in Ankara that targeted military personnel and killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens of others, the Turkish government said.

Relatives of victims mourn outside a morgue in Ankara, a day after a car bombing targeted military vehicles during evening rush hour, killing 28.

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Family members of victims wait outside the forensic morgue in the Turkish capital.

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Relatives outside the morgue grieve for victims of the attack.

(Chris McGrath / Getty Images)

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Deadly car bombing in Ankara, Turkey

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