Death Toll Rises to 54 in Antep Attack

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Three people, who were wounded in the bomb attack carried out on the henna night in Akdere neighborhood in Antep’s Şahinbey district lost their lives this morning.

The death toll has risen to 54, according to the Doğan News Agency.

While some of the injured are being released, the treatment of the 66 injured people of whom 14 are heavily wounded is continuing.

Works of identification continue

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of Health Recep in their statement yesterday (August 21) had declared that 51 people lost their lives, 17 of the wounded were in critical condition. Three individuals under treatment lost their lives this morning.

Identities of the 41 people who lost their lives in the attack have been announced. Works of identification of the other people killed in the attack continue.

The announced figures are as follows:

Fatma Abdullah, Gurbet Akcan, Kamil Akdoğan, Bünyamin Akdoğan, Saliha Akdoğan, Muhammet Alpaslan, İsmail Alpaslan, Muhittin Alpdoğan, Ubeyit Alpdoğan, Hasan Alpdoğan, Kamile Ayhan, Nur Huriyet Ayhan, Metin Caner, Hüsam Cuma, Abdulhamit Çelikten, Süleyman Durak, Serhat Eryılmaz, Devran Eryılmaz, Emine Nisa Gören, Mirgin Gürbüz, Salih İlper, Yusuf İlter, Murat Kalay, Hakkı Okur, Mehmet Ali Özcan, Nergiz Özcan, Kerem Özer, Semanur Özer, Mehmet Ali Taş, Devran Toruman, Osman Toruman, Vesile Toruman, Sinan Urtekin, Ahmet Urtekin, İbrahim Urtekin, Mehmet Urtekin, Muhammet Yağız, Aliye Yağız, Süreyya Yağız, Orhan Yavuz and Şükran Ayhan. (AS)