ICC Note: The Islamic State has hit Turkey once again, this time using a child suicide bomber to target a wedding. At least 51 people, mostly children, were reported dead on Saturday in the Turkish city of Gaziantrp. The same group which has engaged in a relentless genocide against Christians seems to be spreading it’s beliefs to children, as the attacker was a 12 to 14-year-old child inspired by ISIS.

08/23/2016 Turkey (Christian Post): At least 51 people, mostly children, were killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, reports have said, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealing that the attacker was a 12- to-14-year-old child inspired by the Islamic State terror group.

Erdogan blamed IS for the attack, revealing that a further 69 people were wounded, 17 of them seriously.

BBC News reported that the attacker targeted wedding guests dancing in the streets, celebrating what is believed to have been a Kurdish wedding.

State officials added later on that 29 of the victims in the blast were under the age of 18, and one official said that 22 of them were younger than 14 years old.

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, which has been battling IS, said that the wedding was for one of its members. The married couple are believed to have been among the injured in the blast, but their condition was not listed as serious.

Erdogan explained that IS has been trying to infiltrate the country.

“The initial findings of the governor and our police forces indicate the attack has been perpetrated by Daesh (ISIS),” the president said, according to CNN. “As you know, Daesh is trying to position and organize itself in Gaziantep. Security operations have been conducted and are still being conducted against the terrorist organization.”

Ned Price, spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council, condemned the attack in Turkey, an American NATO partner.

“The perpetrators of this barbaric act cynically and cowardly targeted a wedding,” Price said.

Gruesome details behind the blast said that officials found body parts strewn across the bomb site.

“We couldn’t see anything. Nothing but body parts,” Sukru Akdogan, the groom’s brother, told Anadolu News agency.

Turkey has been hit by IS on multiple occasions this past year, and the terror group are the prime suspects in the deadly Ataturk Airport bombing in Istanbul in June, where 44 people lost their lives.

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