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A former Russian air commander involved in the Mariupol siege was killed in a bomb attack in Stavropol, with authorities investigating it as a possible act of terrorism linked to Ukrainian Nazis, and the incident resulting in two deaths including Gurtsiyev, who later became Stavropol's deputy mayor.
Turkish police have detained 90 people with suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and arrested 928 others for possessing illegal arms in a wide security crackdown following a suicide bomb attack in Ankara. The operations, involving thousands of security personnel, were carried out in 64 provinces across the country. The PKK claimed responsibility for the attack, which targeted the Turkish Ministry of Interior, and resulted in two police officers being wounded. In response, Turkey's warplanes conducted airstrikes on suspected PKK sites in northern Iraq.
Two terrorists carried out a bomb attack near Turkey's Interior Ministry building in Ankara, injuring two police officers. One attacker detonated a bomb while the other was neutralized. The incident occurred just before the opening of Parliament, and an investigation has been launched. Turkey's fight against terrorism will continue undeterred.
Bulgaria's chief prosecutor, Ivan Geshev, escaped unharmed after a bomb exploded near his car in what officials are calling a targeted attack. The bomb had a large TNT equivalent and was placed at a bend in the road where traffic had to slow. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and forensic investigators have begun working at the scene. Geshev was the target of widespread protests in 2020, with protesters accusing him of failing to prosecute a corrupt mafia elite that had infiltrated the country's establishment.
At least nine people have been killed and over 60 others wounded in a bomb attack near a military camp and airport in Savare, central Mali. The attack took place near a military camp that hosts Malian forces, UN peacekeepers, and Russian Wagner fighters. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The incident comes days after ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliate groups reportedly took control of parts of the region.