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US Embassy bomber in Turkey from illegal leftist group: Minister

Friday, Feb 1, 2013, 21:12 IST | Place: Ankara | Agency: Reuters

Speaking to reporters, Guler said the attacker could have been a member of the militant Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) or another leftist group.

A suicide bomber who attacked the US Embassy in Ankara on Friday, killing himself and a security guard, belonged to an illegal leftist group, Turkish interior minister Muammer Guler said.

Speaking to reporters, Guler said the attacker could have been a member of the militant Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) or another leftist group.