An explosion took the lives of at least 28 people and injured 76 more on Monday in the Suruç district of Turkey's southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, which is located some 10 kilometers north of Syrian town of Kobani. The terrorist attack that took place at the garden of Amara Culture Center of Suruç Municipality has been caused by a suicide bomber according to Şanlıurfa governor... MORE VIDEOS AFTER CUT...
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Three members of the cabinet, namely Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş, Interior Minister Sebahattin Öztürk and Labor Minister Faruk Çelik are heading to Suruç to coordinate investigation efforts.
The Ministry of Interior released a written statement roughly an hour after the attack and confirmed the death toll, while promising to find the perpetrators as soon as possible.
The youth participating in the SGDF campaign were going to help restructure Kobani. The group had previously released a press statement on Sunday before starting their journey in Istanbul. The group was later joined by another group from Ankara.
The group aimed to continue their activities in Kobani until July 26, which included building a playground, planting a memorial forest and giving health services to local people.
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