| Author (Corporate) | European Union: European External Action Service |
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| Series Title | Statement |
| Series Details | 21.08.16 |
| Publication Date | 21/08/2016 |
| Content Type | News |
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At least 54 people were killed and 69 others were wounded in a suicide attack at a Kurdish wedding ceremony on the 20 August 2016 in the city of Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey. Of the killed at least twenty nine were children. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told journalists in a press briefing in Istanbul on the 21 August 2016 that the perpetrator was a child suicide bomber likely from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). In a statement the EU said 'Turkey has been dramatically targeted once again, and in a city - Gaziantep - that is a symbol of the pain caused to thousands of people from the conflict in Syria. The suffering of all the people hit by war, and terror, is our suffering. As European Union, we express our solidarity and sympathy with the government and people of Gaziantep and of all Turkey. And we will continue to strengthen our cooperation with the Turkish authorities to prevent and counter terrorism. We are together in a common fight. We are all called to stand together to protect security, democracy and peace'. |
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| Source Link | https://eeas.europa.eu/statements-eeas/2016/160821_01_en.htm |
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| Subject Categories | Security and Defence |
| Countries / Regions | Middle East, Turkey |
