Türkiye suicide bombing: Hungarian Foreign Minister blames migration and radical ideologies

The terrorist attack in Ankara demonstrates well the importance of global efforts to be taken to combat terrorism, the Hungarian foreign minister said, after a suicide bomb attack took place in the Turkish capital on Sunday.

On Sunday, a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the Turkish Interior Ministry building, and his accomplice was shot dead. Two police officers were wounded in the shootout that followed the blast. It was the first suicide bombing in Ankara since 2016.

The global threat posed by terrorism has never been as serious as today, Péter Szijjártó said in a post on Facebook on Monday. He said the two main reasons were a fast spread of extremist, radical ideologies and a massive increase in migration.

“The most effective way of thwarting terrorism would therefore be suppressing radical ideologies and stopping migration,” Szijjártó said.

“We stand by our Turkish friends and will urge strengthening the EU’s cooperation with Türkiye on combatting terrorism,” the minister said.

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