Ankara suicide bomber officially identified as brother of Suruç attacker

One of the two suicide bombers in the Oct.10 Ankara Massacre was Yunus Emre Alagöz, the brother of ?eyh Abdurrahman Alagöz, who was the perpetrator in the Suruç suicide attack that killed 33 members of a socialist youth group and wounded more than 100 on July 20, the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor?s office announced on Oct. 19.

?One of the perpetrators of the twin Ankara bombings has been identified as Yunus Emre Alagöz,? the prosecutor said in a written statement. 

?The other suicide bomber was confirmed by a photo image and a series of tests have been carried out to identify him or her,? he added.

The prosecutor?s office said Alagöz had come to Turkey from Syria but gave no time frame for his return, according to semi-official Anadolu Agency.

Hürriyet Daily News reported on Oct. 18 that the Alagöz brothers, along with at least 16 other suspects, were in a group probed for their links to the al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and they were under wiretap surveillance within the framework of an investigation into al-Qaeda since September 2013.

But the suspects, who are listed in the roster of wanted suspects prepared by the national police force and the National Intelligence Agency (M?T), were cleared in the investigation into the group known as ?Dokumac?s? in the southeastern province of Ad?yaman. 

The prosecutor?s office also said four people were detained for their activites on Twitter, allegedly writing about the Oct. 10 attack before it happened. Three of them were released and one was banned from traveling abroad, according to the prosecutor.

The statement also said 20 other people were probed for their alleged links to the suicide bombers, 11 were detained, and four of...