Turkey suicide bomber was child aged 12-14: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

TURKEY: A suicide attack that claimed the lives of 51 people in the Turkish city of Gaziantep was carried out by a 12 to 14-year-old child, 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.

Earlier in May, a suicide bomber believed to have links to IS killed two policemen in Gaziantep.

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