Ankara says close to identifying one suicide bomber

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on Monday that the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) is very close to identifying one of the attackers, involved in the twin bombings which killed at least 97 and injured 244 at Ankara's central train station at the weekend.

"Intelligence reports on the suspected attackers indicate a terrorist organization is behind the bombings," he said.

Davutoğlu said that DNA tests are still being carried out on the remains of the suicide bomber. "Investigations into the incident ihas been still underway."

The intelligence units have specifically intensified their investigation on three terrorist organizations; The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the People's Revolutionary Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) and Kurdistan Workers's Party, (PKK). "The day before the attack, 700 suspected members of ISIL, PKK and the DHKP-C were detained across the country for targeting Turkey, Davutoğlu said.

Security units and the MİT have foiled two similar attacks by detaining suicide bombers in recent days. "All necessary actions will be taken in the event of a security failure," the prime minister underlined, calling the attack an attempt to influence the outcome of the Nov. 1 early elections.

Davutoğlu also said Saturday's incident was an attack, which actually aimed at the whole nation, not only victims at the scene. “This attack was an attack on our democracy."

He called on everyone to remain calm and collected and underlined that a nation able to overcome such “trying times" can mature and look to the future through a common perspective.

The Ankara terror attack will not turn Turkey into Syria. There are terror threats in other developed countries, too, Davutoğlu said, citing the train bombing in Madrid and London in 2004 and 2005.

On early Saturday, Turkey was shaken with the twin explosions in its capital, the deadliest attack in modern Turkish history, leaving 97 dead and 246 injured, with dozens hospitalized in intensive care.

The bombs were detonated by two suspected suicide attackers. In an early statement, the prime minister said they could be members of a terrorist organization like the PKK, DHKP-C or ISIL.