At least 50 people are dead in a Turkish wedding bombing

A suspected suicide bombing killed at least 50 people in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Saturday night while they were dancing at a reportedly Kurdish wedding. "The celebrations were coming to an end and there was a big explosion," said eyewitness Veli Can. "There was blood and body parts everywhere."

The bride and groom both survived, and some guests are still being treated for their injuries. "It was carried out like an atrocity," said Ibrahim Ozdemir, who also saw the attack. "We want to end these massacres. We are in pain, especially the women and children."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said early Sunday the Islamic State is the "likely perpetrator" of the incident, but Erdogan also claimed there is "no difference" between ISIS and two other groups that oppose his government: the Kurdistan Workers Party, which is itself fighting ISIS, and the following of elderly cleric Fethullah Gülen, who lives in exile in Pennsylvania.

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