Feyza Süsal
February 19, 2016•Update: February 20, 2016
ANKARA
A total of 12 people wounded in Ankara terror attack are still in hospitals across the capital, the Turkish Health Ministry has announced.
"The wounded under treatment at hospitals include five in intensive care units," ministry officials told Anadolu Agency on Friday afternoon.
The heart of the Turkish capital was rocked by a blast Wednesday evening when PKK-affiliated terrorists exploded a car bomb near military vehicles carrying personnel, killing at least 28 people. Twenty of the dead were Turkish soldiers, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday.
The deadly blast occurred during the evening rush hour on Merasim Street, which connects Dikmen Street to Inonu Boulevard, which is close to the Turkish General Staff and parliament buildings.
The Health Ministry announced Thursday that a total of 81 people had been affected by the Ankara attack.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu revealed Thursday that the attack was carried out jointly by a Syrian-national YPG member and PKK members based in Turkey.
YPG is the armed wing of PYD, which is the Syrian branch of the terrorist PKK group.
According to sources from the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, a total of 17 suspects have been detained as of early Friday during simultaneous operations ongoing in seven provinces -- Istanbul, Adana, Bolu, Tekirdag, Izmir, Ankara and Diyarbakir -- across the country as part of the investigation into the terror attack.
Police continue to search for one other suspect.
After attending a ceremony at Ankara's military hospital GATA, Davutoglu -- with Interior Minister Efkan Ala and National Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz -- laid a total of 28 carnations at the blast site on Merasim Street on Friday in memory of 28 people killed in the attack.
