Turkey launches investigation on Al-Shabaab

In Ankara, Public Prosecutor's Office has launched a direct investigation into a suicide car bomb attack on the Turkish Embassy annex in Somalia's capital Mogadishu in which a Turkish guard and a Somali bystander were killed. Prosecutor's Office that considers the attack within the scope of "crimes against Turkish state" in line with Article 13 of the Turkish Penal Code referring to offences to which Turkish law should apply when committed in a foreign country has deepened its investigation regarding Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group. The autopsy report concerning the slain police officer Sinan Yilmaz is included in the investigation file. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has reiterated that Turkey's policy concerning Somalia would not change despite the recent attack on the Turkish mission. "Turkey's Somalia policy is a humanitarian policy. Two years ago together with our Prime Minister, we put Somalia on the world's agenda in a period when the whole world kept silent and turned a blind eye," Davutoglu said.