Explosives, ammunition found near Turkish capital Ankara: local governor

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Explosives and ammunition were found close to a armed police checkpoint on a road connecting the Turkish capital of Ankara to the coastal city of Samsun, the local governor's office said on Thursday. Two hand grenades, a machine gun, a Kalashnikov assault rifle, four detonators, hundreds of bullets and three bags of explosive substances were found less than a kilometer away from a gendarmarie checkpoint on the road, the Ankara governor's office said in a statement, adding investigations were on-going. Turkish armed forces have regularly seized weapons and munitions in recent months in the southeast, where the military is fighting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) following the collapse of a ceasefire between the group and the state last July.

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