ANKARA — A car bomb attack Sunday evening in Ankara killed at least 34 and injured 125, including seven police officers, Turkish officials said.

The attack, believed to be the work of one of the 10 or so organizations designated as terrorist by the Ankara government, took place at 18:45 local time on the main boulevard, Ataturk Bulvari.

Most victims were civilian passersby or people waiting at public bus stops, officials said.

Interior Minister Efkan Ala told reporters at 22:45 local time that there was progress identifying the perpetrators but that work was not yet complete.

Security officials suspect Kurdish militants are behind the attack. "It could be one or more of the Kurdish terrorist organizations," one official said. "We are investigating for any potential foreign help for the terrorists."

In February, Kurdish militants killed nearly 30 people on another busy Ankara street where military buses operated. In January, another bomb attack killed 10 German tourists in Istanbul.

Last October saw the worst single terror attack in Turkish history when Islamist terrorists killed more than 100 pro-peace activists in front of the main train station in Ankara.

Burak Ege Bekdil was the Turkey correspondent for Defense News.

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