28 dead in suicide attack in Turkey border town

(MENAFN- Arab News) Ankara: At least 28 people were killed Monday in a suicide attack in a Turkish town on the Syrian border with officials pointing the figure of blame at the Daesh group.
The blast ripped through a cultural center in Suruc a town opposite the Syrian flashpoint of Kobani which was hit shortly afterwards by a suicide car bombing.
The force of the explosion in Suruc smashed the windows of the building in the center of the city and set off a fire witnesses said.
Television footage showed several people lying on the ground covered in blood and ambulances rushing to the scene.
The interior ministry described the blast as a 'terrorist attack' and vowed to find the perpetrators as soon as possible and bring them to justice.
'The Turkish authorities have strong reason to believe that the terrorist attack was perpetrated by Daesh' a government official told AFP.
The official speaking on condition of anonymity said the deadly attack in Kobani 'strengthens our suspicions.'
An official in the prime minister's office said 28 people were killed and nearly 100 injured in Suruc.
'It is a suicide attack' the official told AFP speaking on condition of anonymity.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will send three ministers to the southeastern region following the bombing his office announced.
'We are calling on everyone to show common sense in the face of this terrorist attack targeting our country's unity' the interior ministry said.
In the Kobani attack a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint killing two members of Kurdish security forces according to Rami Abdel Rahman director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Kobani has been a symbol of resistance against the jihadists since IS fighters were driven out in January.
The attacks came as Turkey was stepping up its role in the fight against the Daesh group which has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq over the past year.
In recent weeks security forces have arrested dozens of Daesh militants and sympathizers in the most significant action by Ankara against the jihadists.