Turkish police have shot a suspected suicide bomber outside government offices in the capital Ankara. Turkish TV said the suspect ran towards the entrance of the justice ministry before being hit by bullets. Witnesses said the man had been unable to detonate his explosives. Some reports said he died at the scene. There is no indication of the motive of the alleged militant. Turkey has been clamping down on militant groups, some with suspected links to al-Qaeda. The area, in the centre of the city, was cordoned off, as bomb squad agents searched the man. A year ago a leftist group claimed responsibility for a bomb explosion in a hotel in Ankara where US President George Bush was due to stay, before a Nato summit.
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