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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Wedding Attack Arrests

"Turkey: Wedding Attack Arrests

By SEBNEM ARSU
Published: May 5, 2009

The police in Turkey arrested eight suspects in the attack on a wedding party in southeastern Turkey on Monday that killed more than 40 people, including the bride-to-be and her fiancé. Authorities have said the attack, near the city of Mardin by the Syrian border, was probably set off by a feud between families. “No tradition, no custom can ever justify this massacre,” Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday. "

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