Alleged Terrorist Bomb Kills At Least 86 Persons, Leaving 186 severely injured

Two explosions have ripped through a pro-Kurdish peace rally in the Turkish capital of Ankara, leaving at least 86 people dead and over 186 injured.

Witnesses described how the blast shook the ground at the road junction near the main train station in the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara, leaving body parts and debris all over the road. 

Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu confirmed that 62 people were killed in the blast and a further 24 people have since died in hospital.

Three days of mourning have been announced as the country grieved following one of the worst terror attacks in Europe.

Emergency services have been struggling to deal with the sheer number of wounded people in the aftermath of the blast. 

The flags and banners which were being used to promote Kurdish rights in the demonstration were turned into makeshift stretchers by protesters tending to the injured.  

Although the attack has not been claimed by any terror group, the Turkish government suspects that the twin blasts was a 'terrorist' attack, an official said.

'We suspect that there is a terrorist connection,' a government official told AFP, asking not to be named.

Activists on the ground have confirmed that ball bearings and other pieces of deadly shrapnel may have been packed inside the device and were found at the scene.  See more photos after the cut...