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Turkey confirms Daesh behind bombings that killed 102
An injured woman is comforted following an explosion at the main train station in Turkey's capital Ankara, on October 10, 2015.

Ankara - The group was also behind the Suruc bombing in July.

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Published: Wed 28 Oct 2015, 4:34 PM

Last updated: Wed 28 Oct 2015, 6:40 PM

Turkey on Wednesday confirmed that the Daesh was behind the twin suicide bombings in the capital Ankara earlier in October that killed 102 people.
A Daesh cell received orders from its group in Syria and planned attacks in Turkey, Xinhua cited the Ankara prosecutor's office as saying.
 Also read: UAE condemns Turkey terror attacks; 97 dead
The group was also behind the Suruc bombing in July, as well as the attacks on the People's Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters in Mersin and Adana provinces in southern Turkey and an HDP rally in Diyarbakir city before the June 7 elections, the office said.
One of the motives behind the attack was to put off the November 1 snap polls, it said.
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