Ankara blast kills at least 28, wounds 61 others

Ankara blast kills at least 28, wounds 61 others

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A car bomb went off in the Turkish capital Wednesday near vehicles carrying military personnel, killing at least 28 people and wounding 61 others, officials said.

The explosion occurred during evening rush hour in the heart of Ankara, in an area close to parliament and armed forces headquarters and lodgings. Buses carrying military personnel were targeted while waiting at traffic lights at an intersection, the Turkish military said while condemning the "contemptible and dastardly" attack.

Somerville man plucked from Caribbean faces hacking charge
Massachusetts

Somerville man plucked from Caribbean faces hacking charge

Derrick Perkins

BOSTON – A Somerville man accused of wreaking havoc after hacking into a local hospital's computer network turned up in a sailboat off the coast of Cuba Tuesday, where his craft had foundered, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Martin Gottesfeld, 31, faces a single criminal conspiracy charge for disrupting the unidentified medical center's information system in 2014, according to a statement Wednesday from the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston. It said Gottesfeld, acting in the name of the notorious international hacktivist group Anonymous, hoped to affect a then-ongoing and heavily publicized custody battle involving the state over a teenage patient at the unnamed hospital.

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