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Istanbul Ataturk Airport Terror Attack: ISIS Suicide Bombers Killed 41, Wounded 239

June 30, 2016 | Middle East
June 30, 2016
Middle EastTurkey

ICC Note: ISIS has been accused in the triple suicide bombing at Turkey’s Ataturk Airport on June 28. The radical islamic group is responsible for the genocide of religious minorities in Iraq and Syria as well as the widespread slaughter of civilians in and out of the Middle East. The latest attack targeted the international terminal at Ataturk Airport, dealing a great blow to Turkey. The group, almost single handedly, has been the reason for the mass exodus of Christians out of the Middle East. It now seems to be following it’s victims westward.

06/30/2016 Turkey (Christian Post): Turkish investigators pored over video footage and witness statements on Wednesday after three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers opened fire and blew themselves up in Istanbul’s main airport, killing 41 people and wounding 239.

The attack on Europe’s third-busiest airport was the deadliest in a series of suicide bombings this year in Turkey, part of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State and struggling to contain spillover from neighbouring Syria’s war.

President Tayyip Erdogan said the attack should serve as a turning point in the global fight against terrorism, which he said had “no regard for faith or values”.

Five Saudis and two Iraqis were among the dead, a Turkish official said. Citizens from China, Jordan, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Iran and Ukraine were also among the 13 foreigners killed.

One attacker opened fire in the departures hall with an automatic rifle, sending passengers diving for cover and trying to flee, before all three blew themselves up in or around the arrivals hall a floor below, witnesses and officials said.

Video footage showed one of the attackers inside the terminal building being shot, apparently by a police officer, before falling to the ground as people scattered. The attacker then blew himself up around 20 seconds later.

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