US embassy attack: suicide bomber identified

DNA tests showed that Ecevit Sanli, a member of the Turkish leftist group DHKP-C, was the suicide bomber in Friday's attack on the US embassy in Ankara, the city governor's office said on Saturday.

DNA tests showed that Ecevit Sanli, a member of the Turkish leftist group DHKP-C, was the suicide bomber in Friday's attack on the US embassy in Ankara, the city governor's office said on Saturday.

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"The person who detonated the explosives strapped to his body while trying to enter the US embassy was Ecevit Sanli, a militant from the terrorist organisation DHKP-C," the governor's office said in a statement.