44 dead in wedding attack

Masked attackers raided a wedding party in south-eastern Turkey, killing 44 people, including six children and sixteen women when attackers wielding automatic rifles and grenades burst into a celebration in Bilge Koyu, in Mardin province. Turkey has fought Kurdish separatists in the area for 25 years, but this attack has been linked to a local "blood feud" and a pro-Turkish militia. Eight people were arrested with weapons overnight.