A blast killed at least 30 people Monday in a Turkish town near the country's border with Syria, officials said, in what was widely suspected to be an attack by Islamic State militants.
The detonation targeted an event held at the Amara Cultural Center in the town of Suruc, located just six miles from the border near the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, site of long-running battles between Islamic State and Kurdish fighters.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
The Turkish Interior Ministry, in a statement released shortly after the blast, said that nearly 100 people were being treated for injuries at area hospitals, and warned that the death toll was "feared to rise.