Turkish prosecutor drops negligence complaint in Oct. 10 Ankara attack

A Turkish prosecutor has dropped a complaint filed against security officials on charges of failing to take sufficient measures both before and in the aftermath of the Oct. 10, 2015, Ankara suicide bomb attack, as the governor's office in the capital city refused to give permission for an investigation into the officials, arguing sufficient measures had been taken before the attack and the "use of force" after was part of the police's legal duties.

The Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office had "rescinded the legal action process" in the complaint filed against former Ankara Police Chief Kadri Kartal and Deputy Police Chief Cemal Dalk?l?ç, as well as section chiefs, bureau chiefs, deputy inspectors and other police officers, the state-run Anadolu Agency said late on March 10.

Alleged Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants bombed a peace rally near the Ankara Railway Station in a major city thoroughfare and left at least 100 dead on Oct. 10, 2015.

The complainants alleged the suspects didn't take sufficient security measures before the rally and after the attack, saying the police threw tear gas where killed and wounded people were present, thus preventing aid from reaching the wounded, worsening the situation and resulting in the losses of more lives. 

The Ankara Governor's Office didn't give permission for an investigation into the suspects, the Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office said.

"Security measures that are taken for every meeting and rally were taken for this meeting too. Furthermore, the number of [security] personnel assigned [to the rally] was increased; there was no flaw in the measures [taken]. Intelligence information had a general feature and didn't include any concrete information concerning the...