Turkish planes attack Kurdish targets in response to suicide bombing

A member of Turkish security forces stands guard near a cordoned off area after an explosion in Ankara (AP Photo/Ali Unal)

The Turkish defence ministry says its warplanes have carried out raids on suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Sunday following a suicide attack on a government building in the Turkish capital.

A ministry statement said some 20 targets of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, were “destroyed” in the aerial operation, including caves, shelters and depots.