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Welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." good to have you with us. i'm george howell. the headlines this hour. turkey's prime minister declared three days of mourning after a deadly attack on a peace rally in ankara. at least 95 people were killed when explosions tore through the crowd. they happened seconds apart. more than 200 people were wounded in those incidents. an israeli police officer was wounded by an explosion just outside jerusalem. officers were alarmed by what they described as a woman driving in a suspicious ma...

Party. people have been calling for standing in solidarity amongst themselves but also a lot of chance against the government of the president here. people calling the state murderous and saying it will be held accountable. there will be continue to be widespread concerns about how polarizing this attack is going to be when it comes to turkish society because it has already been at odds and at this stage, we do not know how this is going to be playing out. the government is saying that it was the work of two suicide bombers, no claim of responsibility. just yet at this stage. but the turkish p...

>> we heard from the turkish president calling for people to come together in solidarity. given what we've seen as you heard from our reporter a minute ago, the society already polarized, what do these attacks accomplish? >> weshlgs unfortunately, as is always the case when there's an act of terrorism is the innocent civilians are primarily the focus. this is what happened yesterday. this was supposed to be a peace rally. this was supposed to be about bringing turkey together to show unity amongst the turks and the kurds and the other ethnic groups. this attack has very much ripped that apart....

Population. now this attack at a peace rally. arwa damon live for us in ankara. thank you for your reporting. i spoke earlier with someone regarding whether the attacks will unify the nation or cause more discord. take a look. >> unfortunately, as it always the case, the innocent civilians are primarily the focus. this is what happened yesterday. this was supposed to be a peace rally, supposed to be about bringing turkey together to show unity amongst the turks and the kurds and the other ethnic groups. this attack very much has now ripped that apart. it's very important that cool heads prev...

We are being fired on and we're also being pushed back at this stage as well. >> let's go live to arwa damon in ankara. arwa, i can see you're in a better position. can you tell us what you went through with that large crowd behind you as well. >> reporter: well, the clip that you were airing earlier, that happened very close to the scene of the attack where pro opposition mps and the leader of the pro-kurdish opposition party were trying to get through to lay carnations and commemorate those who had passed away in yesterday's horrific attack. they were eventually after that scuffle let throug...