Suruc massacre: At least 28 killed in Turkey border blast

[Surya Gayatri]

Source: BBC News

A bomb attack has killed at least 28 people and wounded nearly 100 others in the Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the Syrian town of Kobane.

The explosion may have been caused by a female suicide attacker, officials say.

The blast targeted a group of young people who planned to travel to Kobane to assist with rebuilding. Kobane has seen heavy fighting between Islamic State militants and Kurdish fighters.



Turkish authorities believe IS may be responsible for Monday's attack.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned the bombing and described it as "an act of terror".



Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33593615

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The suicide bomb attack on the Amara Cultural Centre is one of the bloodiest suicide attacks in Turkey in years.

Suruc is a small Kurdish-majority city just a 15 minute drive from the border with Kobane. Kurdish activists in Suruc played a vital role during the siege of Kobane, sending food and medicine to the YPG Kurdish fighters to bolster their supplies. Many journalists and foreign fighters who wanted to go to Kobane went to Suruc and from there were sent on.

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Will Turkey rethink its support of ISIS now? Probably not. It's only Kurds.

[Berlin Expat]

2. That won't

happen until Da'esh lets off a few car or suicide bombs in central Istanbul or downtown Ankara.

Then they'll rethink their support of ISIS.