Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday expressed shock and pain over the terror attack in Turkey capital Ankara, in which at least 30 people have been killed.
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Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported that it could be a suicide bomber, as eye witnesses said human flesh was all over the scene.
The demonstration is calling for an end to the conflict between Kurdish group the PKK and the Turkish armed forces.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the explosions. Burhan Ozbilici/AP Bodies of victims are covered with flags and banners as police officers secure the area after an explosion in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, October 10, 2015.
A Turkish government official told Agence France-Presse that the authorities “suspect that there is a terrorist connection”, without giving further details.
Those involved in the march tended to the wounded lying on the ground, as hundreds of stunned people wandered around the streets. A spokesman condemned the attack which he said “targets Turkey’s democracy and peace”.
The pro-Kurdish HDP party was among those attending the rally.
There had been suggestions that the PKK was about to announce a new ceasefire to help the HDP boost its score in the upcoming election.
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In July, a suicide bombing blamed on the Islamic State group killed 33 people in a town near Turkey’s border with Syria.
