Military officials in Turkey have stopped a group of 34 people at the border with Syria and seized luggage containing four suicide vests and explosives, according to reports.

The Anadolu Agency, citing security sources, said four men, 10 women and 20 children were stopped near the town of Oguzeli, in Gaziantep province.

It was not clear when they were detained, but Anadolu said that security forces had acted on a tip about plans to smuggle explosives across the border.

The luggage contained up to 15kg of explosives.

There was no information on the nationalities of those detained. The report did not say whether authorities believe the group may be linked to the Islamic State group.

Anadolu said an investigation was under way.

Later, Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu lashed out at the United Nations after it demanded the country open its borders to tens of thousands of more Syrian refugees, accusing it of failing to stop the Russian bombings that have triggered the exodus.

Mr Davutoglu said on Wednesday he considered the UN Security Council "two-faced" for telling Turkey to open its borders while not moving "a finger to solve the Syria crisis" or to stop the Russian bombardments.

He also said the Syrian and Russian military operations were an attempt to drive out people who do not support the government of Syrian president Bashar Assad.

By taking in the refugees that have fled the city of Aleppo, he said Turkey would be indirectly contributing to what he termed as an "ethnic cleansing".

Mr Davutoglu reiterated that Turkey planned to care for the new wave of refugees at camps on the Syrian side of the border.

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