Police have charged eight suspects over the killing of 44 people at a wedding party in south-east Turkey on Monday.

The suspects were among 10 held after the attack in the small village of Bilge Koyu, governor of Mardin province Hasan Duruer told Anatolia news agency.

Two other suspects are still being questioned, AP news agency reports.

Among those killed in the attack - described as a feud between two families - were the engaged couple, six children and three pregnant women.

Some 200 guests were reportedly celebrating in Bilge Koyu, about 20km (12 miles) from the city of Mardin, when the attackers burst in shooting automatic rifles and throwing grenades.

Paramilitary police were sent to the village to pursue the attackers.

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The identities of those arrested have not yet been announced.

Unconfirmed reports said the assailants included members of a militia known as the Village Guards, who have helped government troops fight Kurdish separatist rebels in recent years.

If the group, set up in 1984, is found to have been complicit in the killings, it is likely to reinforce calls for it to be disbanded amid long standing accusation of illegal activities.