Some Turkish media are reporting that the death toll in the Ankara blast has risen to 11, but that is not confirmed.
On Twitter, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ also calls the blast a “terror attack.”
Nobody has claimed responsibility, but the Islamic State group has been blamed for a string of bombings in the country since the middle of last year.
Firefighters try to extinguish flames following an explosion after an attack targeted a convoy of military service vehicles in Ankara on February 17, 2016. (AFP / STRINGER)
Turkish authorities have in recent weeks detained several suspected IS members, with officials saying they were planning attacks in Istanbul and Ankara.
But Turkey is also waging an all-out assault on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) which has staged dozens of deadly attacks against members of the security forces in the southeast.
Ankara has also been carrying out air strikes against Syrian Kurdish fighters across the border war-torn Syria since the weekend.
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