Turkey: Deadly Bombing At American Embassy

A suicide bomber has carried out an attack at an entrance to the US embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara, killing himself and a guard.

The bomber's device went off as he was going through an X-ray machine at a security gatehouse, Sky sources said.

Francis Ricciardione, the US ambassador to Turkey, said a guard was killed in the blast and a Turkish citizen was wounded.

The explosion, which the British Consulate-General in Istanbul said was a suspected terrorist attack, happened at the side entrance to the embassy.

UK businesses in the country have been urged to be vigilant following the bombing.

The British mission said in a statement: "There has been a suspected terrorist attack on the US embassy in Ankara.

Damage can be seen at a side entrance of the embassy

"Due to the nature of this incident we advise you to be extra vigilant and to take appropriate security measures to safeguard your staff and assets."

TV footage showed a door blown out and masonry from the wall around it scattered, although there did not appear to be any more significant structural damage.

An Associated Press journalist reported seeing a body in the street in front of the entrance.

And a Reuters witness reported seeing one wounded person being lifted into an ambulance.

Police cordoned off the area following the explosion, which sent smoke and debris flying into the street.

Another journalist Ilnur Cevik told Sky News: "There was a huge bang which really shook everywhere."

Medics treat a woman who was injured in the blast

He was in his car about 400 metres away from the US embassy when the blast happened.

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack, but Kurdish rebels and Islamic militants are active in Turkey.

Kurdish rebels, who are fighting for autonomy in the Kurdish-dominated southeast, have dramatically stepped up attacks in Turkey over the last year.

Also, homegrown Islamic militants tied to al Qaeda have carried out suicide bombings in Istanbul, killing 58, in 2003.

The targets were the British consulate, a British bank and two synagogues.

In 2008, an assault blamed on al Qaeda-affiliated militants outside the US Consulate in Istanbul left three attackers and three policemen dead.

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