Suruc massacre: At least 30 killed in Turkey border blast

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BBC:

July 20 2015

 

A bomb attack in the Turkish town of Suruc has killed at least 30 people during a meeting of young activists to discuss the reconstruction of the neighbouring Syrian town of Kobane. Around 100 others were wounded in the explosion, which may have been caused by a female suicide attacker from the Islamic State group, officials say.

 

Kobane has seen heavy fighting between IS militants and Kurdish fighters. It was retaken by the Kurds from IS forces earlier this year.

 

The Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF) is reported to have had at least 300 members staying at the Amara Culture Centre in Suruc, where the explosion happened. The young people had been planning to travel to Kobane to help with rebuilding the town.

 

A video released on social media apparently showed the moment of the blast, at a news conference taking place in the centre's garden.

 

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Suruc bombings: Turkish President accused of not doing enough to help Kurds fight Isis threat across its border in Syria

Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing fresh crisis, with rioting, mass arrests and the execution of two police officers in the wake of Monday's deadly attack

Isabel Hunter

Wednesday 22 July 2015

Istanbul

 

A suspected Isis suicide bombing on Turkish soil has plunged the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into fresh crisis, triggering rioting, mass arrests and the execution of two police officers.

 

Turkish authorities, already condemned for failing to prevent the passage of Islamists along its porous border with Syria, have identified the 20-year-old who detonated a bomb in the mostly-Kurdish border town of Suruc on Monday, killing 32 people.

 

Seyh Abdurrahman Alagoz was said to have been an ethnic Kurd from Turkey’s south-eastern province of Adiyaman, with links to Isis. Kurdish militia have been fighting Isis in Syria, and recently forced the jihadists from the border town of Kobani. Turkey has faced criticism for failing to aid the Kurdish fight against Isis.

 

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