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| Turkish bomb 'catastrophe' foiled | |
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| Police in Turkey's capital, Ankara, have prevented a large bomb from exploding, the city's governor said. | Police in Turkey's capital, Ankara, have prevented a large bomb from exploding, the city's governor said. |
| Sniffer dogs detected a van stuffed with explosives in the centre of the city, preventing a "possible catastrophe", Governor Kemal Onal said. | Sniffer dogs detected a van stuffed with explosives in the centre of the city, preventing a "possible catastrophe", Governor Kemal Onal said. |
| Security had been tightened in the city ahead of the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. | Security had been tightened in the city ahead of the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. |
| Bomb attacks against the UK consulate, a bank and synagogues in Istanbul killed more than 60 people in 2003. | Bomb attacks against the UK consulate, a bank and synagogues in Istanbul killed more than 60 people in 2003. |
| Six people were killed in Ankara in May by a suicide bomb blamed on Kurdish separatists. | |
| 'Meticulous police work' | 'Meticulous police work' |
| Ankara's governor said a large quantity of explosives had been left in the van which had a false licence plate. | |
| It was parked in a multi-storey garage in Kurtulus, a densely populated area of central Ankara. | |
| The garage and nearby houses and businesses were evacuated while the police bomb squad worked to defuse the explosives. | The garage and nearby houses and businesses were evacuated while the police bomb squad worked to defuse the explosives. |
| "The meticulous work of the police averted a possible catastrophe," said Mr Onal. | "The meticulous work of the police averted a possible catastrophe," said Mr Onal. |
| "I do not even want to think about what would have happened if the attack had succeeded." | "I do not even want to think about what would have happened if the attack had succeeded." |
| Security fears were heightened elsewhere in Europe as police in Germany moved to help secure a US air base after a bomb threat was made by telephone. | Security fears were heightened elsewhere in Europe as police in Germany moved to help secure a US air base after a bomb threat was made by telephone. |