At least 13 killed, 60 injured in bomb blast in a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey tonight !

ANKARA: Several people were dreaded to have been killed on Saturday in a late night militant attack on wedding ceremony  in the city of Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey, authorities and reports said. 

Gaziantep senator Ali Yerlikaya said the blast in the downtown area was expected to a “terror attack”, state-run news organization Anadolu reported. 

Turkish MP Mehmet Erdogan told CNN-Turk broadcaster that no less than 13 people had lost their lives in the incident .
The blast, which took place around 11pm local time in Akdere neighbourhood of Sahinbey district, was a "terror attack" and there are multiple casualties, Gaziantep Governor Ali Yerlikaya told state-run Anadolu news agency.

“There are people who lost their lives and we have initial information suggesting it was a bomb attack. We don’t know numbers of injured,” said Erdogan, a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker for Gaziantep

It was not clear who was in responsible of the blast. Erdogan said there was a high probability it was a suicide attack. 

The official included that it was the kind of assault that could have been propelled by the Islamic State (IS) group or the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). 


The Dogan news office said the blast, which went off at 1940 GMT, had brought on wounds and fatalities.