Two car bomb attack planners detonate selves in Turkey's capital

Two suspects blew themselves up in a car early on Oct. 8 after the called on them to surrender on the outskirts of Ankara, Ankara Gov. Ercan Topaca has said. 
Both suspects died in the incident, the governor said. No one else was killed or hurt.

"Police called on them to surrender. They did not respond in a positive way. They blew themselves up before we could intervene," Topaca told reporters at the scene.

Harun Arslan, one of the suspects, had bought a car a few days ago to use in a bomb attack, he said, adding that police had been tracking the two suspects. 

Police in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır had provided a notice that the pair, Arslan and a woman identified as Mahide Ataş, would soon be arriving in Ankara.

"What is interesting is that they had a Turkish flag on their car," Topaca said, adding that "a third person is being sought." 

"We think that they did so to hide themselves," the governor said, adding that the attackers might be linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

"The organization they are connected to is not clear yet but according to information we have received, it is highly likely that [Arslan] is linked to the PKK. The way the incident was carried out and planned points at the PKK," he said.

The governor's office said security forces launched an operation against the militants at around 6 a.m. at a stud farm 30 kilometers from the capital after the tip-off from Diyarbakır.

Meanwhile, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ also commented on the incident, saying that a "disaster" was prevented from happening. Bozdağ added that all signs "pointed to the PKK."

"They probably planned to attack in Ankara," Bozdağ told Turkish broadcaster CNN Türk on...