Eight people were killed and 60 were wounded on Saturday, security sources said, in what a regional official in southern Turkey called a "terror attack" on a wedding party. A parliamentary deputy from the ruling AK Party said in a Twitter message that Islamic State militants were believed to be behind the attack. NATO member Turkey has suffered a string of attacks by Islamic State and by Kurdish militants seeking autonomy or independence. Anadolu Agency quoted Gaziantep Governor Ali Yerlikaya as saying Saturday's explosion was a "terror attack." Three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers killed 44 people at Istanbul's main airport in July, the deadliest in a string of attacks in Turkey this year

Source: CBC News August 20, 2016 21:11 UTC