Ankara bomber infiltrated Turkey with fake ID: Report

(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) >The perpetrator of the suicide bomb attack that killed at least 28 people inAnkaraon Feb. 17 entered Turkey with a fake identity an initial report within the investigation into the deadly bombing has revealed.

Born in the southeastern province of Van the bomber identified as Abdulbaki Somer entered Turkey with a fake Syrian identity showing his name as “Salih Muhammed Neccar” in 2014 telling the authorities that he had escaped Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) violence in Syria. He also said he was a Syrian national the report prepared by Turkey’s counterterrorism and intelligence police has revealed based on a comprehensive study that conflicts with statements made in the aftermath of the bombing.

Turkish officials had claimed that the perpetrator was a Syrian national from the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) whichAnkaraconsiders to be the Syrian offshoot of Turkey’s outlawedKurdistan Workers’ Party(PKK).

The police launched the latest study after the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) a smaller outlawed organization thought to have split from the PKK claimed responsibility for the bombing. The TAK on Feb. 19 said one of its members named Abdulbaki Somer carried out theAnkaraattack which targeted service vehicles carrying military personnel.

Following the claim Musa Somer the father of Abdulbaki Somer was detained and transferred to the Turkish capital for interrogation within the investigation.

Authorities then took DNA samples from Somer’s father to test if it matched the DNA of Muhammet Salih Neccer who Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoanand Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoluhad earlier said carried out the bombing. Erdoan and Davutolu’s statements had been based on tests on the finger prints of body parts found at the scene of the attack but the subsequent test result showed a match between Neccer and Musa Somer thus identifying the perpetrator as Abdulbaki Somer.

Police have so far arrested 14 suspects on suspicion of being connected to the bombing at the heart of the Turkish capital last week which killed 28 and injured 81 others. The 14 suspects were arrested on charges of “assisting a terrorist act” and “fabricating false state documents.”

Based on information drawn from the detained suspects the authorities believe the bombing was ordered byPKKmembers Mehmet Doan (nicknamed “Baran”) and shak Özçaptu (nicknamed “Erhan”).

The investigation has also revealed that the bomb detonated in the attack was made at a construction site in Ankara.

The perpetrator Somer had called a man working at the construction site on the phone before the attack according to the probe.

The duo then started staying together at the construction site to which two of the 14 detained identified as Ahmet Karaman and Muharrem Canikli brought materials used for bomb making.

The deadly Feb. 17 attack at the heart ofAnkarawas the second attack to hit the Turkish capital after alleged ISIL militants bombed a large peace rally on Oct. 10 2015 killing 102 people.