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July 20, 2015

Turkey: Deadly Bombing Targets Youth Activists Helping Rebuild Kobani 
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In Turkey, 27 people have been killed and more than 100 more wounded in
a bombing earlier today in the Turkish border town of Suruc in what
appears to be a targeted attack against youth activists. The bombing was
carried out in the garden of a cultural center where hundreds of
activists from the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations were
staying. The youth activists were living in Suruc to help the rebuilding
of the nearby Syrian town of Kobani, which has been the site of intense
fighting between the self-proclaimed Islamic State and Kurdish forces.

 

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