A police forensic team gathering evidence at the site of the twin explosions near the main train station in Ankara yesterday.

QNA
Doha


Qatar yesterday strongly condemned the two explosions that took place outside the main railway station in the Turkish capital of Ankara.  
In a statement,  Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said “such criminal acts, which aim at shaking the security and stability of Turkey,  terrorising peaceful civilians and killing innocent people, contravenes all values, ethics, humanitarian principles and heavenly doctrines”.
The Foreign Ministry stressed “the need for solidarity to denounce violence and reject terrorism in all its forms and manifestations regardless of its motives and causes”.  
The statement confirmed Qatar’s support “to  the brotherly Turkish Republic and its people in the confrontation of criminal acts and all the measure it takes to maintain its security and stability”.
It expressed Qatar’s condolences to the Turkish government, people and families of the victims who fell due to this heinous crime, wishing the injured an early recovery.
At least 95 people were killed in the explosions which struck a rally of pro-Kurdish and labour activists, the Reuters news agency said.
Bodies covered by flags and banners, including those of the pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), lay scattered on the road among bloodstains and body parts. Page 21

Emir expresses condolences
HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al -Thani  yesterday evening held a telephone call with  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.  During the call, HH the Emir expressed his condolences and sympathy on  the victims of the blasts in Ankara, wishing the injured a speedy recovery. “HH the Emir  also expressed to the Turkish president  his  condemnation of these terrorist acts which aimed at destabilising security and stability and the killing of the innocents,” the official Qatar News Agency said. The Emir  reiterated  Qatar’s stand  with the Turkish Republic in countering  these criminal acts.
Meanwhile, HE the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah has met with his Turkish counterpart Feridun Sinirlioglu . They discussed bilateral ties and ways to enhance them and exchanged views on the latest developments in the region. Al-Attiyah also offered sincere condolences to the Turkish government and the brotherly people of Turkey on the victims of yesterday’s blasts.