TURKEY | Several injured Two killed in suicide attack near the U.S. embassy in Ankara

At least two people were killed and several injured in a suicide bombingon the streets of Ankara where the U.S. embassy, ​​reported the Turkish news channel NTV. According to the images of NTV, the explosion caused a hole in the wall of a building that houses a social club jury guards , while the Embassy has not suffered any damage. AFP adds that the deaths are a security officer and the terrorist . Itbelongs to a group of leftist illegal , as declared Turkish Interior Minister, Muammer Güler, at a press conference. Güler did not disclose the name of the group that owns the bomber although some Turkish media have pointed out that it is the People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (DHKP / C) . The dead would be the terrorist himself Ecevit Sanli, 30 years old , and the security guard Akarsu Mustafa, 36, according to the newspaper "Hurriyet" on its website. Didem journalist Tuncay, 38, had been seriously injured. The U.S. Consulate in Istanbul has asked American citizens not to visit the diplomatic until further notice . "The State Department advises Americans traveling or residing in Turkey to be alert for possible violence and to avoid areas where there have been riots and demonstrations and mass meetings, "said the consulate said in a statement. For its part, the White House has condemned "vigorously" the attack and has pledged to cooperate with the Turkish authorities to find those responsible. "We strongly condemn the suicide attack on our embassy in Ankara" , said the spokesman for President Obama , Jay Carney. "We will work closely with the Turkish authorities to investigate this case and that the perpetrators are held accountable to justice," added Carney.