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US Embassy hit by homicide bomber in Turkey, at least 1 dead

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    Jennifer Griffin reports from State Department

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Police -- -- his Fox News alert we are now hearing from the US State Department.

After a homicide bomber has attacked today the US embassy in Turkey -- in Turkey.

They -- our starting now in America's Newsroom I'm Martha -- And I'm Bill Hemmer good morning again there -- one person dead we can confirm another city seriously injured Turkish leaders saying that.

This might be the work -- a leftist group operating inside the country.

Situation is fluid it's changing by the moment now we do know the blast happened at the entrance of the embassy Ankara the capital city of stuffed Turkey.

And our national security correspondent Jennifer -- from -- the State Department with more from there a statement from there a short time ago what can we confirm Jennifer good morning.

Well good morning bill what we can confirm at this time from US officials and military sources that that is that two people were killed on the outside perimeter of the embassy.

One of them is presumed to be the bomber himself the other is a Turkish national.

All US staff are safe at this time we're told.

The US ambassador to Turkey just spoken praised the Turkish guards one of whom appears may have been killed in the explosion.

The State Department is treating this as a terrorist attack spokesman Victorian -- Issued a statement -- long ago saying that the State Department and other government agencies are investigating.

What it was just two days ago ordered just this week -- -- US patriot batteries were were arrived.

At a port city in southwestern Turkey and now we get word inside Ankara -- this with a -- -- of -- leftist group in that country.

-- can we say about who is responsible Jennifer.

Well the working presumption at this point in time is.

That this is the work of either an al-Qaeda group -- al-Qaeda linked group or an Iranian proxy group that may have struck.

The US as a result of the arrival of those patriots or the involvement in -- remember that the working assumption.

In the region is that the US may have helped target that weapons convoy that the Israeli Air Force struck just two days ago so.

They will be looking at all of these options that -- -- -- intelligence sources that I spoke to though.

Have.

Are leaning away from the idea that this was a Turkish separatist group the PKK which.

Has been involved in the end of explosions in Turkey in the past they have never threatened US interests in the past -- Jennifer thank you Jennifer Griffin State Department -- -- here's more.

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