Turkey Wedding Bombing Seen as Latest ISIS Attempt to Sow Division

The wedding of Besna and Nurettin Akdogan was no small affair: as the celebrations were winding down, the streets were still packed with hundreds of guests. Amid the festivities, no one took notice of the child that had wandered into the dancing crowd; on such occasions, even the youngest are allowed to stay up late.

An hour before midnight, the child — no more than 14 years old — detonated his vest of explosives, killing 53 wedding guests, including at least 22 children.