Three-day mourning period has begun in the Turkish capital Ankara after the two blasts that rocked the peace rally leaving at least 95 people dead. The attack came three weeks before the country goes to the polls on November 1. Here are some other facts that you need to know about the horrific blasts.

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The attack seems to have been designed with an aim to plunge the country at Europe's border into the cauldrons of war and ethno-sectarian strife that has already plagued the rest of the Middle East. The attack appears very strategic as most of the killed people were ethnic Kurds and their supporters. In the peace rally mostly Kurdish-affiliated civil society groups had gathered. It was described as a peace rally but was more like a political event for supporters of a Kurdish-led opposition party.

Source: stratagem.pk