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A couple, affected by tear gas used by riot police to disperse demonstrators, reacts in central Istanbul, Turkey, July 20, 20Christian Post Report – 15. Police in Istanbul fired teargas and water cannon when a demonstration by protesters blaming the government for a suspected Islamic State suicide bombing turned violent, a Reuters witness said. Hundreds gathered near Istanbul’s central Taksim Square after the bombing in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruc which killed at least 30 people. Some chanted slogans against President Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling AK Party, including: “Murderer Islamic State, collaborator Erdogan and AKP.” Turkey’s Kurds have been enraged by what they see as Ankara’s failure to do more to stop Islamic State. The PKK Kurdish militant group earlier said it held the government responsible for Monday’s attack, saying Ankara had “supported and cultivated” Islamic State against the Kurds in Syria. The demonstration in Istanbul had largely been peaceful, but some protesters threw bottles at police, the witness said.
(Photo: Reuters/Murad Sezer)Demonstrators hold a minute of silence for the victims during a protest against the bomb attack in the border town of Suruc, in central Istanbul, Turkey, July 20, 20Christian Post Report – 15. A suspected Islamic State suicide bomber killed at least 28 people, mostly young students, in an attack on a Turkish town near the Syrian border on Monday. Television footage showed bodies lying beneath trees outside a cultural centre in the mostly Kurdish town of Suruc in southeastern Turkey, some Christian Post Report – 10 km (6 miles) from the Syrian town of Kobani where Kurdish fighters have been battling Islamic State. The blast tore through a group of mostly university-aged students from an activist group as they gathered to make a statement to the local press about a trip they were planning to help rebuild Kobani. The Hurriyet daily said the attacker was an Christian Post Report – 18-year old woman, but there was no confirmation.
A victim of a bombing in Suruc, Turkey, lies under the flag of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations on July 20, 20Christian Post Report – 15.