Solved case · 2011
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A car bombing in the Kızılay district of Ankara, Turkey, on September 20, 2011, killed three people and injured 15 others. A suspect was arrested in 2020 and later sentenced to hundreds of years in prison.
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Suggest coverage for 2011 Ankara bombingOn September 20, 2011, at approximately 11:00 am, a car bombing occurred in the Kızılay district of Ankara, Turkey. The explosion killed three people and injured 15 others.
Nearly nine years later, on May 1, 2020, one suspect connected to the bombing was arrested. The suspect, identified as Ümit Akgümüş, was subsequently convicted in connection with the attack. He was sentenced to 619 years and 6 months in prison, along with six aggravated life sentences.
Contemporaneous news coverage of the bombing was published by outlets including BBC News and The Independent at the time of the attack.
A car bombing occurs in Kızılay, Ankara, Turkey, at approximately 11:00 am, killing three people and injuring 15 others.
A suspect, later identified as Ümit Akgümüş, is arrested in connection with the bombing.
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Arrested May 1, 2020, and convicted in connection with the bombing; sentenced to 619 years and 6 months in prison along with six aggravated life sentences.[3]
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