This thread will deal with high profile attacks.
Nearly 50 dead, more than 100 reported injured in terror attack at Istanbul airport
Close to 50 people were killed and over 100 more were injured when three suicide bombers attacked Istanbul's main international airport Tuesday night, a senior official said.
The Associated Press, quoting an anonymous Turkish official, reported that "nearly" 50 people were dead in the blasts at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. The private NTV broadcaster, citing hospital sources, reported that 106 people had been wounded. A Turkish official told Reuters that the "vast majority" of victims were Turkish, but some foreigners were also affected.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the same senior Turkish official told AP that initial indications suggested the Islamic State terror group (ISIS) were behind the attack. According to Reuters, a police source also told the Dogan News Agency, "ISIS is behind the attack." There was no immediate formal confirmation from the Ankara government.
The attack occurred one day before the two-year anniversary of ISIS declaring a caliphate across large swathes of Iraq and Syria, led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Initial reports indicated that there had been two suicide bombers, at least one of whom attacked the airport's international terminal. Istanbul provincial governor Vasip Sahin said authorities believed there were three attackers because three explosions had been heard.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/06...l-airport.html
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