At least 30 people were killed and dozens more wounded late Saturday in an attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border, the local governor told Turkish media.
A total of 94 people were injured, governor Ali Yerlikaya was quoted as saying by CNN-Turk and NTV television channels, adding that some were seriously wounded. Yerlikaya had earlier described the explosion as a "terror attack".
Turkish MP Mehmet Erdogan told CNN-Turk broadcaster that people had lost their lives in the blast.
"There are people who lost their lives and we have initial information suggesting it was a bomb attack. We don't know numbers of injured," said Erdogan, a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker for Gaziantep.
It was not clear who was responsible for the explosion. Erdogan said there was a high possibility it was a suicide attack.
The lawmaker added that it was the type of attack that could have been launched by the Islamic State (IS) group or the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
The Dogan news agency said the explosion, which went off at 1940 GMT, had caused injuries and fatalities...
[i24news.tv]
21/8/16
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A total of 94 people were injured, governor Ali Yerlikaya was quoted as saying by CNN-Turk and NTV television channels, adding that some were seriously wounded. Yerlikaya had earlier described the explosion as a "terror attack".
Turkish MP Mehmet Erdogan told CNN-Turk broadcaster that people had lost their lives in the blast.
"There are people who lost their lives and we have initial information suggesting it was a bomb attack. We don't know numbers of injured," said Erdogan, a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker for Gaziantep.
It was not clear who was responsible for the explosion. Erdogan said there was a high possibility it was a suicide attack.
The lawmaker added that it was the type of attack that could have been launched by the Islamic State (IS) group or the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
The Dogan news agency said the explosion, which went off at 1940 GMT, had caused injuries and fatalities...
[i24news.tv]
21/8/16
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