Child carried out suicide bombing that killed 51 in Turkey

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Istanbul, Dhu-AlQa'dah 18, 1437, August 21, 2016, SPA -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that the suicide bomber who attacked a wedding party in Gaziantep, near the border with Syria, was between the age of 12 and 14 years, dpa reported. The bombing that hit the outdoor celebration late Saturday in the south-eastern Turkish city left 51 people dead, Erdogan said in raising the toll, according to broadcaster CNN Turk. The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) said it was the wedding of one of its members. At least 69 people were wounded and being treated in hospital, of whom 17 were in critical condition, Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul. The bride and groom - Besna and Nurettin Akdogan - survived the attack and were in hospital, but were not critically wounded, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. --SPA 18:28 LOCAL TIME 15:28 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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