90 killed in attack on Turkey peace rally

Ankara: Over 90 people were killed on Saturday when two explosions ripped through groups of leftist and pro- Kurdish activists gathering for an anti-government peace rally in the Turkish capital Ankara.

The attack, near Ankara's main train station, was the deadliest in the city's history and has ratcheted up tensions ahead of Turkey's November 1 snap elections,

which were already riding high amid the government's offensive on Kurdish militants. Bodies of the slain activists were seen strewn across the ground after the blasts, with the banners they had been holding lying next to them for the "Work, Peace and Democracy" rally.