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A suicide bombing which killed 51 people in the Turkish city
of Gaziantep was carried out by a 12 to 14-year-old, President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan said.
Mr Erdogan said the so-called Islamic State (IS) was behind
the attack, which targeted a Kurdish wedding party. Gaziantep, near the Syrian
border, is known to have several IS cells.
The bomb wounded 69 people, Mr Erdogan added, 17 of them
seriously.
The bomber targeted the wedding guests as they danced in the
street.
The BBC's Seref Isler, who is from Gaziantep, says the city
of 1.5 million was already on edge because of events in Syria, where IS has
been battling Syrian Kurdish forces.
A suicide bomber believed to have links to IS killed two
policemen in Gaziantep in May. Read more >>
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