UPDATED: 9:18 a.m. ET
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Two explosions hit a peace rally in the Turkish capital Ankara on Saturday, killing at least 86 people and injuring at least 186 others, Turkey's health minister said. The Guardian called it "the deadliest terror attack in Turkey's history."
A video taken by Turkish news agency Dokuz8 Haber News Agency showed an explosion occurring as people at the rally chanted.
#AnkaradayızEmek, Barış ve Demokrasi Mitingindeki patlama anı videosu #dokuz8 / @meliketmbk pic.twitter.com/it3dodESKz— dokuz8 (@dokuz8haber) October 10, 2015
Thousands of people were gathering at noon local time for a rally calling for an end to violence between Kurdish separatist group PKK and Turkish security forces. It was organized by the country's public sector workers' trade union and other civic society groups.
The twin explosions hit within minutes and about 50 meters apart. Videos posted on social media showed chaotic scenes and bodies in one of the city's main squares, near the central train station. There were also reports of clashes between police and protesters after the attack. Today's Zaman reported that people booed and threw bottles at government ministers who arrived at the scene.
pic.twitter.com/mFDBq8v4ZJ— sezer keleş (@seruzer) October 10, 2015
Turkey's government said it was a terror attack and was investigating whether a suicide bomber was involved, the BBC said. It's unknown who carried out the attack.
People are worried that violence will escalate up to next month's elections, the BBC reporter at the scene said.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the attacks, which he said targeted the country's unity and peace, and called for solidarity.
"The greatest and most meaningful response to this attack is the solidarity and determination we will show against it," Erdogan said.
The U.S. Embassy in Ankara also condemned the attack.
We condemn the latest violent attack in #Ankara. All of us must stand united against terror.— US Embassy Turkey (@USEmbassyTurkey) October 10, 2015
Some information from The Associated Press and Storyful.