AKIPRESS.COM - 97 people were killed and at least 246 were injured by two explosions near Ankara's main train station early Saturday, where the Confederation of Public Sector Trades' Unions (KESK) and other labor unions were planning to hold a peace rally, reports Daily Sabah.

Turkish authorities said the blast outside the main train station in Ankara on Saturday was a "terrorist attack".

The initial figures first suggested that the death toll was 62, but as more people died in hospital, death toll in the deadly terror blast increased to 97, the prime minister's office announced on Sunday night.

Turkish health minister said on Saturday that there were 186 patients in hospital, 28 of whom were in intensive care unit, and 8 were undergoing surgery.

"At the scene, 62 people were killed and 24 succumbed to death in hospital," he said. "Twenty-four people were severely injured," the health minister said.

Broadcasting images showing the blasts was reportedly banned in Turkey, a senior Turkish security official told Daily Sabah.

Later reports on Turkish news outlets suggested two suicide bombers were responsible for the attack.

One suicide bomber was a male aged 25 to 30, the prime minister's office said that the efforts to identify the suicide bombers are underway.