Boy, 6, is 56th victim of Turkish wedding party bombing

By Adsiz Gunebakan

GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AA) - A six-year-old boy caught in the suicide attack on a wedding party in the southeastern Turkish province of Gaziantep has died from his injuries, a local official said Tuesday.

The death takes the toll of those killed in the Aug. 20 bombing to 56.

In a statement, the Gaziantep Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said the boy, Azat Aydinalp, had died in hospital.

The prosecutor previously revealed that a two-year-old child had died on Aug. 25 from wounds sustained in the attack in the province’s Beybahce neighborhood.