The death toll from Saturday’s attack increased to 54 as three more victims died in hospitals, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey would provide every kind of support needed to “cleanse” Turkey’s border with Syria of the extremists. The pro-Kurdish political party HDP condemned the attack on the wedding, which it said was attended by many of its party members. “It appears to be an act to punish the PYD,” Ozcan said, referring to a Syrian Kurdish group whose militia is fighting Daesh. He said the attack was most likely carried out by a local Daesh cell, who would know that the wedding was a Kurdish gathering.

Source: thestar August 22, 2016 17:48 UTC