Details are still scarce, but reports are coming in of a bomb blast at a wedding hall in Gaziantep, Turkey, that has left many dead. The city is near the border of Syria.
#BREAKING: bomb blast/Suicide bomber hits near wedding hall in #Gaziantep #Turkey, Many casualties reported pic.twitter.com/Lhvp3XeV7Q
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) August 20, 2016
BREAKING: Turkish Red Crescent confirms "large number" of casualties in wedding hall bombing, appeals for blood https://t.co/lHVigMPt19
— BNO News (@BNONews) August 20, 2016
#BREAKING: Causalities reported after explosion hits wedding hall in #Turkey's #Gaziantep on #Syria(n) border pic.twitter.com/Z8PqKqA2lo
— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) August 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/SHAWSHANK5/status/767096022904569857
Explosion near wedding hall in southern Turkish city of Gaziantep leaves many casualties, media in Turkey report https://t.co/YXn7qFpB0I
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 20, 2016
#Turkey: Pictures emerge from city of #Gaziantep where a bomb has rocked a wedding party https://t.co/xXPOXde7HE pic.twitter.com/FcoFwplLZm
— The Sun (@TheSun) August 20, 2016
The Sun is reporting at least 8 killed and 30 wounded in the blast, which many are reporting was the work of a suicide bomber. The Sun adds that Gaziantep governor Ali Yerlikaya has called the incident a “terrorist attack.”
8 dead, 60 injured at outdoor wedding in Gaziantep in Turkey @reuters say.Govt Minister says Islamic State believed to be responsible
— Alpa Patel (@alpapatel) August 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/CNNTURK_ENG/status/767107009560719360
https://twitter.com/SHAWSHANK5/status/767098776737710080
https://twitter.com/SHAWSHANK5/status/767099180405882881
https://twitter.com/SHAWSHANK5/status/767102413404864514
Not surprisingly, the number of reported casualties has begun to climb.
BREAKING: At least 13 dead, more than 60 injured after bomb attack on wedding in Turkey's Gaziantep https://t.co/lHVigMPt19
— BNO News (@BNONews) August 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/SHAWSHANK5/status/767099804266721281
https://twitter.com/NCaucasusCaucus/status/767106814102175744
Exactly — its lifted from what we know about Turkish IS tactics/targets https://t.co/z995Su5DBH
— Aaron Stein (@aaronstein1) August 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/DiegoCupolo/status/767108309216354305
The wedding was a #Kurdish wedding. As in its previous attacks, #ISIS aims to export sectarian nature of the Syrian civil war to #Turkey.
— Yusuf Sarfati (@y_sarfati) August 20, 2016
Update:
The death toll is now more than 20 by most reports. The Washington Post is saying that “at least” 22 are dead and another 94 injured.
Horrible news from #Turkey : 22 dead 94 injured, suicide bombing targeted Wedding in Gaziantep. #ISIS active in area https://t.co/KaZnA39u0T
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) August 20, 2016
Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said the “barbaric” attack in the city of Gaziantep, near the border with Syria, appeared to be a suicide bombing. Other officials said it could have been the carried out by either Kurdish militants or Islamic State group extremists.
https://twitter.com/SHAWSHANK5/status/767116167869829121
Update:
At least 30 killed?
At least 30 killed, nearly 100 injured in blast at wedding in Turkey – video https://t.co/ZbO6lRv90i
— Guardian World (@guardianworld) August 21, 2016
Twitchy will update this post as details emerge.
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