Tuesday, June 28, 2016

SUICIDE BOMBING IN TURKEY AIRORT 36 KILLED ABOUT150 INJURED

Gunshots, screams and explosions pierced the air Tuesday at Istanbul Ataturk Airport, as three terrorists armed with bombs and guns attacked passengers at one of the world's busiest travel spots.
Witnesses described deadly carnage and crowds in a panic as the attackers struck.
At least 36 people were killed, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said, in the terror attack, one for which there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
People walk away from Istanbul Ataturk airport
PANICK PASSANGER RUNNING FOR SAFETY

Video from inside the airport terminal shows people racing away as fast as they could and the bright orange flash of fire from one of the explosions. Victims stagger and some fall from the now blood-covered, slick floor.
Another video shows a man walking with a gun, which he drops when he apparently is shot by a security officer. The man slumps to the ground and the officer briefly stands over him before running. About 10 seconds later, there is an explosion.
Traveler Laurence Cameron described what he saw after he stepped off a plane.
"It was just a massive crowd of screaming people. Some were falling over themselves. A poor chap in a wheelchair was just left, and everyone just rushed to the back of the building, and then people ran the other way and no one really seemed to know what was going on," he told CNN. "Where you normally hail a taxi, that is where the attack happened. The ground is just kind of shredded. There are bloodstains on the floor as well."
    Another 147 people were wounded, Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said
    A Kalashnikov assault rifle is seen on the floor at Ataturk airport
    ONE OF THE SUICIDE BOMBER GUN FOUND AFTER THE BOMB BLAST

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