Ankara (AFP) – At least 22 people were killed and dozens more wounded late Saturday in an attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border, the local governor told Turkish media.

A total of 94 people were injured, governor Ali Yerlikaya was quoted as saying by CNN-Turk and NTV television channels, adding that some were seriously wounded. Yerlikaya had earlier described the explosion as a “terror attack”.