05 May,2009 06:14 AM IST | | AFP
At least 16 people were killed and two wounded in an attack on a wedding party in a village in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, a mayor said.
The attack happened in the village of Bilge, near the city of Mardin. The mayor of Mardin, Ali Besir Ayhanoglu, reported the toll to AFP by telephone after having visited a local hospital where the bodies and the injured had been taken.
In Ankara, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was briefed about the incident by Interior Minister Besir Atalay, Anatolia news agency reported.
There was no official word on who might be behind the shooting.
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Separatist Kurdish rebels are active in southeast Turkey, where they have waged a 24-year campaign for self-rule.
Blood feuds are also frequent in the region.
