Funerals held for victims of Turkey attack

Funerals were held Tuesday for victims of a blast that ripped through a rally in the Turkish border town of Suruc a day earlier -- an attack suspected to have been carried out by an ISIS suicide bomber. At least 31 people were killed in the explosion -- one of the deadliest terrorist attacks to rock the country in years. At least 100 others were wounded, provincial Gov. Izzettin Kucuk told Turkish media. Crowds of mourners wept and chanted beside flag-draped coffins as the funerals got underway. Suruc lies about 6 miles from the Syrian border opposite Kobani, the Syrian city that was the scene of intense fighting last fall between ISIS and predominantly Kurdish forces, backed by coalition airstrikes. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a news conference Tuesday that "one suspect has been identified" and that all that person's "links domestically and internationally are being investigated." "Right now links to ISIS and it being a suicide bomber have gained probability," he said. "We expect the investigation to be completed as soon as possible." Davutoglu on Monday described ISIS as "not just a threat to Syria but to Turkey as well." He urged solidarity among the Turkish people, saying the attack was not against any one part of the country but "against all of us." Davutoglu said the government would not hesitate in taking action in response to the bombing, which he suggested was in revenge for the role Turkey is playing in the war on terror. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which struck a gathering of mostly Kurdish activists calling for more help to rebuild Kobani.