Wedding Bombing in Turkey

A blast at a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the border with Syria killed 50 people and injured dozens, according to a report Sunday by the Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blamed ISIL militants for the bombing. Other Turkish officials said the militant group likely sent a suicide bomber to target the wedding late Saturday in t

The wedding had ended and the guests had started walking home when a suspected suicide bombing tore through the site of the ceremony in southeastern Turkey late Saturday, killing more than 50 people and wounding scores more, the latest in a string of attacks in the restive region in the past week.