In pictures: Turks mourn Gaziantep wedding blast dead
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Funerals have been held for at least 12 of those who died in an attack at a wedding party in Gaziantep. Scores of other people were injured in the blast, some critically.
Hundreds gathered for the service and at the cemetery to say farewell to their loved ones
The explosion is thought to have been carried out by a suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14, officials say.
The victims included a young child - and women, according to witnesses
The attack was the deadliest in a series of bombings in the country so far this year
Police were on hand during the funerals
Emotions ran high among mourners
Some gestured and shouted at government officials and police
At the scene of the blast, crowds gathered on Sunday to look on from behind police lines
Burns marked the walls in the narrow street where the bomb was detonated
One witness said celebrations were coming to an end when there was a big explosion among people dancing.