A suicide bomber killed at least 34 people Monday (October 3rd) in an attack targeting a wedding party in the north-eastern Syrian province of al-Hasakeh, AFP reported.

The bomber blew himself up inside a hall in Tall Tawil village during the wedding of a member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the local Kurdish government said.

The SDF is an Arab-Kurdish coalition battling the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) in northern Syria.

ISIL claimed the attack, saying that one of its fighters had fired on a gathering near al-Hasakeh city before blowing himself up.

A witness named Ahmad, who was wounded in the blast, described the moment the bomber struck.

"As the bride and groom were exchanging their vows I saw a man wearing a thick black jacket pass beside me," he said.

"I thought he looked strange and a few seconds later there was an enormous explosion.

"People had fallen on the ground and I saw bodies torn to bits."

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights gave a higher toll of 36 dead including 11 children.

Both the groom and bride were safe, but the groom's father and brother were killed in the attack, a relative told AFP.

Mohamed Kassar, a wedding singer, struggled to hold back tears as he described the aftermath of the attack.

"I am still in shock. They were children and women," he said.