Blast kills 22 at a wedding party in Turkey in a possible ISIS attack
At least 22 people were killed and dozens more wounded in an attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border, the local governor's office has said.
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A total of 94 people were injured, the office of Gaziantep governor Ali Yerlikaya said in a statement late yesterday.
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"Today at 10:50 pm (local time) 22 of our citizens lost their lives and 94 people were injured in the bomb attack on a wedding," Yerlikaya's office said.
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"We condemn the traitors who organised and carried out this attack," it added.
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Yerlikaya had earlier described the explosion as an "abhorrent terror attack".
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It was not immediately clear who was responsible but a Gaziantep MP for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Samil Tayyar, said: "Initial information suggests it is Daesh (IS) who did this," Dogan news agency reported, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.