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The 2011 Ankara bombing was a
car bomb A car bomb, bus bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles. Car bombs can be roughly divided ...
ing on September 20, 2011 that took place in
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, Ankara, Turkey at 11:00 am. Three people were killed and 15 others were injured. One of the suspects was arrested on 1 May 2020. the suspect Ümit Akgümüş, was sentenced to 619 years and 6 months in prison, along with 6 aggravated life sentences.


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