Suicide attack on the US embassy in Ankara in 2013

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Two people were killed in a suicide attack on the US embassy on February 1, 2013 in Ankara . The underground organization DHKP-C claimed responsibility for the attack .

procedure

On February 1, 2013, there was a suicide attack on the US embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara . The assassin Ecevit Şanlı had reached a security gate, where guards checked visitors and checked their luggage. There the man blew himself up. The perpetrator and a security guard were killed. The well-known television journalist Didem Tuncay was seriously injured. Turkish media reported several injuries.

There was no damage in the main building of the embassy as it is far away from the sentry box. The Turkish police cordoned off a large area because they feared a second attack.

Investigations

The first identification of the assassin Ecevit Şanlı alias Alişan Şanlı was made by a mole on the head of the perpetrator. One day after the explosion, the DHKP-C confessed to the attack. The assassin Alişan Şanlı sacrificed himself on February 1, the organization said on February 2, 2013 on a website that is close to the group. America is the main enemy of the peoples, the statement said.

Three people were arrested in connection with the attack. These were later released.

The assassin lived in Germany for a long time and is said to have entered Turkey via the Greek islands. In July 1997, Şanlı participated in armed raids on police headquarters and an officers' mess in Istanbul and spent several years in prison. After a mass hunger strike in prison, during which he suffered both physical and psychological damage, he was given exemption and subsequently fled to Germany in 2001.

The German security authorities have been investigating him since spring 2011 on suspicion of membership in a foreign terrorist organization. This was the DHKP-C, which is banned in Germany. As early as 2009, leaflets and magazines related to the DHKP-C were found on him. In this case, however, the investigation was discontinued. In October 2012, the security authorities then lost his track.

background

In Turkey, the DHKP-C are mainly accused of attacks against the police and the judiciary with the aim of overthrowing them. She is said to have carried out numerous incendiary and explosive attacks and targeted people to death. Since 2001 she is also said to have used suicide bombers. The Turkish security authorities are said to have thwarted attacks on Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan in 2008 and 2010 by the DHKP-C .

The organization pursues the goal of smashing the state order in Turkey through an armed revolutionary act. Its general secretary was Dursun Karataş, who died in August 2008 . Who was running the organization at the time of the attack in 2013 is unknown. The DHKP-C is on the list of terrorist organizations of the Council of the European Union and the State Department of the United States. It was founded in 1994 as the successor organization to Devrimci Sol .

Reactions

Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Vice President Joe Biden condemned the attack on the US mission. Merkel said at the beginning of a meeting with Biden in the Chancellery that she learned of the attack in Ankara "with dismay" .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Left-wing extremist terrorist attack ?: Two dead in explosions in front of the US embassy in Ankara. In: Focus. February 1, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b c Suicide attack on US embassy in Ankara: trail leads to Germany. In: Spiegel online. February 2, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 .
  3. ↑ a b c Explosions: Suicide attack on US embassy in Ankara. In: Focus. February 1, 2013, accessed February 2, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Authorities suspect left-wing extremists. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. February 1, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Left-wing extremists acknowledge the attack in Ankara. In: The world. February 2, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 .
  6. ↑ a b Hubert Gude and Sven Röbel: Suicide attack on the US embassy: Federal prosecutor's office investigated against attackers in Ankara. In: Spiegel online. February 4, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 .
  7. ↑ The assassin is said to have entered from Germany. In: Süddeutsche.de. February 2, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Three arrests after the attack on the US embassy in Ankara. In: The Standard. February 2, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 .
  9. ↑ a b c d Ankara suicide bomber is said to have come from Germany. In: Tagesspiegel. February 2, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 .
  10. ↑ haber.gazetevatan.com from February 1, 2013
  11. ↑ Left-wing extremists are said to have attacked the embassy. In: Tagesschau. February 1, 2013, archived from the original on February 4, 2013 ; Retrieved February 28, 2013 .
  12. ↑ a b Two dead, seven injured: suicide attack in Istanbul. In: n-tv. September 11, 2012, accessed February 28, 2013 .
  13. ↑ Thomas Seibert: Ankara sees a growing threat of terrorism. In: Deutsche Welle. February 3, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 .