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The Latest: Turkish peace rally bomb toll rises to 97

A protester is overcome with emotion during a rally to protest Saturday's explosions in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. Turkey declared three days of mourning following Saturday's nearly simultaneous explosions that targeted a peace rally in Ankara to call for increased democracy and an end to the renewed fighting between the Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
A protester is overcome with emotion during a rally to protest Saturday's explosions in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. Turkey declared three days of mourning following Saturday's nearly simultaneous explosions that targeted a peace rally in Ankara to call for increased democracy and an end to the renewed fighting between the Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) A protester is overcome with emotion during a rally to protest Saturday's explosions in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. Turkey declared three days of mourning following Saturday's nearly simultaneous explosions that targeted a peace rally in Ankara to call for increased democracy and an end to the renewed fighting between the Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – 8:50 a.m.

Turkey’s government has raised the death toll to 97 from the bombing of a weekend peace rally. One Palestinian was reported to be among the dead.

Turkish authorities say police have detained four suspected Islamic State militants in a raid in the southern city of Adana. It was not clear where the arrests, announced Monday, were linked to the suicide bombings at a rally promoting peace with the Kurdish rebels.

No one has claimed responsibility, but the attack bears similarities to a suicide bombing the government blames on the Islamic State group that killed 33 people at a town bordering Syria in July.