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White House says motivation not clear for U.S. embassy bombing in Turkey

White House says motivation not clear for U.S. embassy bombing in Turkey

The White House said it is not yet clear who is responsible for a suicide bombing on Friday at the U.S. embassy in Turkey, the second attack on a U.S. mission in four months, Reuters reported.

"The attack itself was clearly an act of terror," said Jay Carney, White House spokesman, in a briefing with reporters.

A massive explosion took place on the entrance of the U.S. Embassy building in Ankara, TRT Haber TV channel said on Friday.

According to Hurriyet newspaper, three people were killed as a result of the explosion. According to a preliminary version, a suicide bomber carried out the explosion.
A large number of people were injured, according to the report.

Turkish police did not rule out the possibility that the explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber from the Al Qaeda terrorist organization, as the son-in-law of the organization's former leader Osama bin Laden was recently detained in Istanbul.