Gaziantep bombing death toll up to 57 after teen dies of injuries

A child has died from injuries sustained during a bomb attack on a Kurdish wedding in southern Turkey last month, raising the death toll to 57, local Turkish media report.

As a result, 34 children are now among those killed in the suicide attack in the city of Gaziantep which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said was carried out by a child bomber acting on the orders of the Islamic State group.

Ambulances arrive at the site of an explosion on August 20, 2016 in Gaziantep following a late night militant attack on a wedding party in southeastern Turkey. (AFP/ AHMED DEEB) — Ambulances arrive at the site of an explosion on August 20, 2016 in Gaziantep following a late night militant attack on a wedding party in southeastern Turkey. (AFP/Ahmed Deeb)

Mahsun Nas, 13, was the latest victim of the bombing on August 20, the Dogan news agency reports. He succumbed to his injuries while in a hospital where he had been since the attack.

The bombing was the deadliest in 2016 after the country has suffered more than a year of attacks linked to IS and Kurdish militants.

— AFP