The Chinese government is pushing for enhanced coordination among all countries in fighting terrorism following the terrorist attack in Turkey that killed at least 34 people.

At a regular news briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang announced that China condemns the terrorist attack in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

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The terrorists droved a bomb-laden vehicle and crashed it into the rear end of a city bus, triggering an explosion that killed 34 people and injured 125 others, with 19 persons in critical condition.

The number of casualties is expected to rise at the attack took place in a crowded area near bus and subway stations. People were spending their weekends shopping and dining when the explosion occurred.

China also expressed condolences to the victims and sympathy to their families and the injured even as no Chinese national was among the casualties.

"China opposes all forms of terrorism and hopes all countries to enhance coordination to fight terrorism," Lu said at a news briefing in Beijing.

The terrorist attack on Sunday was the second time in Ankara in less than a month.

Last February 17, another bomb-laden vehicle crashed into military service buses and exploded, killing 29 people.

The government said the suicide attacker last February was a member of the PKK and its Syrian offshoot the Democratic Union Party. Later the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, a PKK affiliate, publicly claimed the responsibility for it.

For the deadly attack last Sunday, nobody has so far claimed responsibility but military intelligence document revealed that the outlawed PKK, a terrorist organization labeled by Turkey, the European Union, and the United States, were likely behind the attack.

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