An explosive device was found under a police car securing a rally held for the Turkish president.
An assassination attempt on the life of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan was foiled by Turkish intelligence on Saturday evening, Turkish media reported.An explosive device was found under a police car securing a rally held for Erdogan in the southeastern city of Siirt.
The device was found only moments prior to the start of the rally, Turkish media reported.
After the device was found, it was dismantled and defused by a Turkish police bomb disposal team, according to Turkish news outlet KARAR.
Forensic investigators scanned the explosive device and police vehicle for fingerprints and an investigation to find the perpetrator has reportedly begun.
This is a developing story.
| The Times of Israel adds: |
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...on Saturday. The bomb was affixed to the undercarriage of the officer’s private car. The explosive was found on the officer’s vehicle in the province of Mardin, around 125 miles from the rally in the city of Siirt, the report said.