A pastor in Turkey has asked for prayer after a bomb blast at a wedding party in the south-east of the country killed 54 people and injured 100 more last Saturday. Josh Wentz, pastor at Batikent Protestant Church in Ankara, was speaking after the attack in Gaziantep, near Syria's border. He said there is hope in this dark time. ‘What gives us hope is knowing that in the Bible God is no respecter of persons, and He doesn't prefer any one group of people over another - He has love for all people. It's our prayer that everyone in Turkey will come to know that love.’ Officials said the incident appeared to be a suicide bombing committed by a 12-year-old boy. President Erdogan said that IS was ‘the most likely perpetrator’ of the attack. Also see Prayer Alert article 6, below.