A total of 29 children were killed in a suicide attack targeting a wedding party in the Şahinbey district of the southeastern province of Gaziantep late on Aug. 20. The total death toll in the attack has risen to 54, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Some 29 of the victims of the deadly suicide bombing in the Beybahçe neighborhood were identified as being under the age of 18 after the identification process.
A total of 44 victims have been identified and laid to rest so far, including 31 males and 13 females. The autopsy and identification processes of another seven victims are also ongoing.
The death toll in the suicide attack, meanwhile, rose to 54 in the early hours of Aug. 22.
Another three wounded people who were receiving treatment at hospitals succumbed to their injuries, bringing the death toll to 54.
A total of 66 wounded are still receiving treatment at hospitals in the province, with 14 in a critical condition.
