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Updated: July 20, 2015 19:13 IST
At least 28 dead in Turkey border town blast - The Hindu
Television footage showed bodies lying beneath trees outside the building in the Turkish town of Suruc near the border with Syria.
An explosion outside a cultural centre in the Turkish town of Suruc near the border with Syria killed at least 28 people and wounded many more on Monday, in what senior officials said may have been a suicide bombing by Islamic State militants.
Television footage showed bodies lying beneath trees outside the building in the mostly Kurdish town in southeastern Turkey, some 10 km from the Syrian town of Kobani.
"Our initial evidence shows that this was a suicide attack by Islamic State," one senior official in Ankara told Reuters.
A second official also said Islamic State appeared to have been responsible and that the attack was a "retaliation for the Turkish government's efforts to fight terrorism".
Turkey's Interior Ministry said 28 people were killed and around 100 wounded.
A video posted on Facebook by one of the group of youth activists showed at least 20 people lying on the ground, some still alive. People milled about trying to comfort the wounded, as others cried out. Smoke and dust rose from the ground.
"Ambulances and private cars are picking up the wounded. Many were killed - 20 or 30. I am going to the hospital to help out," Adham Basho, a local politician, told Reuters by telephone as sirens wailed in the background.
At least 28 dead in Turkey border town blast - The Hindu
Television footage showed bodies lying beneath trees outside the building in the Turkish town of Suruc near the border with Syria.
An explosion outside a cultural centre in the Turkish town of Suruc near the border with Syria killed at least 28 people and wounded many more on Monday, in what senior officials said may have been a suicide bombing by Islamic State militants.
Television footage showed bodies lying beneath trees outside the building in the mostly Kurdish town in southeastern Turkey, some 10 km from the Syrian town of Kobani.
"Our initial evidence shows that this was a suicide attack by Islamic State," one senior official in Ankara told Reuters.
A second official also said Islamic State appeared to have been responsible and that the attack was a "retaliation for the Turkish government's efforts to fight terrorism".
Turkey's Interior Ministry said 28 people were killed and around 100 wounded.
A video posted on Facebook by one of the group of youth activists showed at least 20 people lying on the ground, some still alive. People milled about trying to comfort the wounded, as others cried out. Smoke and dust rose from the ground.
"Ambulances and private cars are picking up the wounded. Many were killed - 20 or 30. I am going to the hospital to help out," Adham Basho, a local politician, told Reuters by telephone as sirens wailed in the background.