At least 51 people were killed and dozens more injured when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Kurdish wedding celebration in southeastern Turkey late Saturday night.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that the Islamic State (ISIS) was behind the attack, and that the suicide bomber was a child between 12 and 14 years old. No entity has claimed official responsibility.
The New York Times reports:
Women and children were reportedly among the dead.
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According to the Associated Press, the blast in Gaziantep, near Turkey’s border with Syria, “was the deadliest attack in Turkey this year.” Forty-four people died when ISIS militants attacked the airport in Istanbul earlier this summer.
Reuters reports:
The attack comes in the wake of a failed coup and subsequent human rights crackdown in Turkey.
According to the BBC:
AP notes that Turkish authorities issued a media blackout on coverage of the attack until the investigation is completed.