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President Erdoğan: "Bomber is a 12-14 years old kid"

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says "the Gaziantep attacker is a kid".

Explosion in Gaziantep Turkey
Explosion in Gaziantep Turkey Source: AAP

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"An attack in Gaziantep that killed 51 people during a street wedding on Saturday the August 20 was most likely carried out by a suicide bomber from the IS between the ages of 12 and 14", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, citing police sources.

Erdoğan said that there were 69 people wounded who were currently receiving treatment in hospitals, 17 of whom are in critical condition. He added that the attack was conducted in a neighborhood inhabited by locals of the eastern provinces of Siirt and Van.


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