At least 27 killed in terrorist bombing near Turkey's border with Syria.(HD).
An explosion has killed at least 27 in a municipal culture center in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa’s Suruç district, as scores of people have been hospitalized.
"We are concerned that the number of death will increase. The perpetrators will soon be found and put on trial," Turkey's interior minister said in a statement on July 20.
There is speculation that the blast was caused by a 18-year-old female suicide bomber from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
At least 300 members of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF) were staying at the Amara Culture Center as part of a summer expedition to help rebuild Kobane, which lies directly across the border from Suruç.
The culture center, which is run by the Suruç Municipality under the control of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), frequently hosts visiting journalists and volunteers who work with refugees from Kobane.
The hashtag #SuruçtaKatliamVar (There is a massacre in Suruç) entered the worldwide trending topics list on Twitter soon after the explosion.
Kadir Ergün, an eyewitness, told CNNTürk that he was 100 meters away from the explosion. "It is hard to describe it with words. Blood donations are urgently needed. The people of Suruç are now called to donate blood," he added.
"If it is Daesh [ISIL], it will not stay in Suruç. Very soon we could end up like Syria," said Muhsin Kızılkaya, a deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
"It's a big massacre. The probability of a suicide bomber is very high," HDP deputy Leyla Güven told Habertürk. "Suspect information has been provided related to the number of deaths. Some say that everyone in the group died." Read more here.
A video of the aftermath of the explosion can be seen here. Warning + 18 - Graphic.
Update: Second explosion occurred.
@isabelhunter: Locals say group had travelled from Istanbul and mostly Turkish Turkish, not Kurdish Turkish #kobane
— Isabel Hunter (@isabelhunter) July 20, 2015According to @Hurriyet the perpetrator for #Suruc explosion was a 18-years-old female suicide attacker. An ISIL sympathizer. Can't believe.
— TurkeyWatch (@abyasun) July 20, 2015Analysts say that the nature of #Suruc & #Kobane attacks suggests good intelligence and sophisticated operational coordination.
— Jowan Mahmod Ezat (@JowanM) July 20, 2015
Bomb attack in #Kobanê concurrent with the one in #Suruç http://t.co/DlEhRUrlz9 #TwitterKurds #Kurds #Rojava pic.twitter.com/TSyczAFchS
— Leylan Uca (@LeylanUca) July 20, 2015
#Suruç At least 27 - in possible suicide massacre. In #Turkey, close to #Syria border town #Kobane
#Turkey #Syria pic.twitter.com/xRa3DF0yrA
— HughSykes (@HughSykes) July 20, 2015Witnesses tell @AJENews those targeted in Suruc were heading to #Kobane for relief work http://t.co/pA0HfXOi3n pic.twitter.com/dLLvUmc5X5
— Christian Thiels (@ThielsChristian) July 20, 2015
After #SurucMassacre 1st question you have to ask: Is this a false flag action to motivate an attack on #Syria from #Turkey & #Erdogan
— Capulcu TurkKick (@TurkKick) July 20, 2015
@moscow_ghost expect Erdo to get out of the coalition talks , perhaps false flag to start Syria offensive https://t.co/idL84vJDCF
— MFS - The Other News (@MFS001) July 5, 2015#Suruc is located here on map. Couple of km's north of #Kobane and Syria-Turkey border. https://t.co/mldj7tN4ib
— Harald Doornbos (@HaraldDoornbos) July 20, 2015
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