A funeral of one of the victims of the blast during a wedding at Turkey
A 12 year suicide bomber killed at least 51 people at a wedding in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday (August 21), pointing the finger at the Islamic State group. Erdogan said Saturday's blast in Gaziantep near the Syria border 'was the result of a suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 who either detonated (the bomb) or others detonated it.'
The explosion was the latest attack to rock the key NATO member in a horrific year that has seen strikes blamed on Kurdish and Islamist militants as well as a bloody July 15 botched coup. The president said the Islamic State group was the "likely perpetrator" of the bomb attack, the deadliest in 2016, that targeted a celebration attended by many Kurds.
The remains of a suicide vest were found at the scene, the chief prosecutor's office said according to broadcaster CNN-Turk. Gulser Ates, one of scores wounded in the attack, told Hurriyet the attack took place as the party was breaking up in the mainly Kurdish neighborhood.
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