![A still taken from a video shot at the moment of the detonation in Suruc. Photo via Daily Telegraph](http://defense-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/suruc-explosion1021.jpg)
An explosion ripped through a rally Monday in the Turkish border town of Suruc, leaving at least 27 people dead and wounding 100 others Authorities blamed the attack was a terrorist attack but did not specify which terror group was behind it, the country’s Interior Ministry said. Turkish officials have said the evidence they have suggests the attack was a suicide bombing carried out by Islamic State, Reuters reported.
![The location of the attack is close to the town of Kobani on the Syrian border, where Druze managed to drive ISIS out of the beleaguered town few months ago.](http://defense-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OnlineMapTemplate__3381414b.png)
The explosion occurred at midday at the Amara Cultural Park in Suruc, where a group had gathered Suruc is across the border from that Syrian city, which was the scene of intense fighting between Syrian rebels and Kurdish forces and ISIS.