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14 sent to court over Ankara suicide attack

Published: 22 Feb 2016 - 10:31 am | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 09:35 pm
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Turkish soldier Dogukan Tazegul's little sister Zeynep Tazegul (C) salutes her brothers' coffin during his funeral at Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara on February 21, 2016. / AFP / ADEM ALTAN

Ankara: Fourteen people detained as part of an investigation into the February 17 suicide bombing in the Turkish capital have been sent to court. 
Seven others were released, according to judicial sources. 
The detainees' courthouse procedures, including a questioning by public prosecutors, lasted for 13 hours, the sources said. 
A total of 21 people were detained across Turkey on suspicion of involvement in Wednesday's bomb attack that targeted a convoy of military-owned vehicles in Ankara, killing 28 people and leaving 81 others injured, according to Anadolu Agency (AA).

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