'Wanted Ankara suicide bombers eluded police for four months'

The suicide bombers responsible for the double blasts that killed 99 people in Ankara have been on a police wanted list for the past four months, daily Hürriyet has reported.

The suicide bombers have been identified as Yunus Emre Alagöz and Ömer Deniz Dündar, both members of the ?Dokumac?lar? group based in the southeastern province of Ad?yaman that has recruited jihadists for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). 

Alagöz, whose identity was confirmed both through a DNA test and images from security cameras, was the brother of ?eyh Abdurrahman Alagöz, who detonated a suicide bomb on July 20 at the Amara Cultural Center in the southeastern district of Suruç, killing 33 others. 

According to sources, the police headquarters in Ankara received intelligence of a possible bomb attack targeting the peace rally three days before the demonstration on Oct. 10. 

The intelligence included a list of 16 people with links to ISIL as prime suspects of the planned attack. Alagöz and Dündar were also on the list, which included photographs and identity card information regarding the 16 suspects. 

Additionally, the names of both attackers were in the National Judiciary Network System (UYAP) and the GBT, a law-enforcement database.

Despite numerous security operations in Ankara to find the suspects, none of the 16 people were detained before the attacks.

Meanwhile, an investigation launched into footage from the attacks revealed how Alagöz and Dündar made their trip to Ankara and into the rally ground. 

The attackers set off from the southeastern province of Gaziantep with a private car and initially arrived at Ankara?s Gölba?? district. From there, they took a taxi to a café in central Balgat district,...